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brown recluse spider

(Encyclopedia) brown recluse spider or violin spider, poisonous nocturnal spider, Loxoceles reclusa, most common in the SE and S central United States. Adults are 3&fslsh;8 in. (10 mm) long and…

Brown Swiss cattle

(Encyclopedia) Brown Swiss cattle, one of the oldest breeds of cattle, originating in Switzerland where the cows were used as triple-purpose animals (dairy, beef, and draft). They are large, fleshy,…

Blackwell, Henry Brown

(Encyclopedia) Blackwell, Henry Brown, 1825–1909, American reformer, b. Bristol, England; brother of Elizabeth Blackwell. He was an abolitionist and later, with his wife, Lucy Stone, a worker for…

Our Big Home: An Earth Poem (Reading Rainbow)

Distributor:GPN Tour the United Nations headquarters with Le Var Burton, then travel with members of “Kids Can Free The Children” as they journey from their homes to Nicaragua to build a school.…

Mordecai (Three-Finger) Brown

Born: Oct. 18, 1876Baseball nickname derived from injury in a childhood accident that left him with three digits on right hand; injury gave him a particularly nasty curve ball; won the decisive…