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mushroom

(Encyclopedia) CE5 The poisonous mushroom Amanita mushroom, type of basidium fungus characterized by spore-bearing gills on the underside of the umbrella- or cone-shaped cap. The name toadstool…

Pygmy

(Encyclopedia) Pygmy or PigmyPigmyboth: pĭgˈmē [key], term used for dark-skinned people who live in equatorial rain forests and average less than 59 in. (150 cm) in height. Some studies make a…

DK Nature: Arthropods

WHAT FEATURES DO ARTHROPODS SHARE? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CENTIPEDE AND A MILLIPEDE? DO ALL CENTIPEDES HAVE ONE HUNDRED LEGS? ARTHROPOD CLASSIFICATIONEXOSKELETONCentipedes, millipedes…

DK History: Early Americans

HOW DID EARLY AMERICANS LIVE? HOW DID EARLY AMERICANS HONOR THEIR GODS? WHICH METALS DID EARLY AMERICANS TREASURE? PUEBLOSMOUND BUILDERSFIND OUT MOREThe first Americans crossed the land bridge that…

DK Nature: Mollusks

WHAT FEATURES DO MOLLUSKS HAVE IN COMMON? HOW DO MOLLUSKS FEED? HOW DO MOLLUSKS REPRODUCE? MOLLUSK CLASSIFICATIONSHELLSFIND OUT MORESoft-bodied invertebrates, mollusks include slugs, snails,…

Louisville/Jefferson County, Ky.

Mayor: Greg Fischer (to Jan. 2019) 2010 census population (rank)1: 597,337 (27); % change: n.a.; Male: 289,236 (48.4%); Female: 308,101 (51.6%); White: 421,439 (70.6%); Black: 136,705 (22.9%);…

DK Science: What Is A Dinosaur?

GiganotosaurusLeg bonesHip bonesForelimbsSkullsIn the middle of the 19th century, the first fossil skeletons of some extraordinary creatures were unearthed. These skeletons are of the dinosaurs –…

San

(Encyclopedia) SanSansăn [key], people of SW Africa (mainly Botswana, Namibia, Angola, and South Africa), consisting of several groups and numbering about 100,000 in all. They are generally short in…

Story, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Story, Joseph, 1779–1845, American jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1811–45), b. Marblehead, Mass. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1801, he practiced law in Salem…