(Annie Mae Bullock)rhythm and blues singerBorn: 11/26/1939Birthplace: Nutbush Borough, Tennessee Grammy Award-winning rhythm and blues singer known for her powerful vocals and her athletic dancing…
actressBorn: 2/25/1966Birthplace: New York City Leoni is best known for her role on the television series The Naked Truth (1995–98 ). A college dropout, she got her start in acting when a friend…
France (Group C) FIFA World Ranking: 17 Players to Watch: Zinedine Zidane (M), Stephane Guivarc'h (F), Youri Djorkaeff (F) Prospects: Host nation France has high hopes going into the Cup finals.…
(Encyclopedia) milkweed, common name for members of the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly perennial herbs and shrubs characterized by milky sap, a tuft of silky hairs attached to the seed (for wind…
(Encyclopedia) mink, semiaquatic carnivorous mammal of the genus Mustela, closely related to the weasel and highly prized for its fur. One species, Mustela vison, is found over most of North America…
(Encyclopedia) man-o'-war bird or frigate-bird, most aerial of the water birds, found in the tropic seas. The man-o'-war bird's wingspread (71&fslsh;2 ft/228.5 cm) is the largest in proportion to…
(Encyclopedia) mouth, entrance to the digestive and respiratory tracts. The mouth, or oral cavity, is ordinarily a simple opening in lower animals; in vertebrates it is a more complex structure. In…
(Encyclopedia) pronghorn or prongbuck, hoofed herbivorous mammal, Antilocapra americana, of the W United States and N Mexico. Although it is often called the American, or prong-horned, antelope, the…
(Encyclopedia) parrotfish, common name for a member of a large group of colorful reef fishes of warm seas, resembling the wrasses but of a larger size. Long considered a separate family, Scaridae,…
