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hammerhead shark

(Encyclopedia)hammerhead shark, active, surface-living shark, genus Sphyrina. Its curious head has lateral projections resembling the crossbar of a T, and its eyes and ears are located in the outer tips of the proj...

Gerhardt, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Gerhardt, Paul, 1607–76, German hymn writer and clergyman. Some of his famous texts, such as O Sacred Head Sore Wounded, are much used in English translations. ...

Port Augusta

(Encyclopedia)Port Augusta, city (2016 pop. 13,808), South Australia, S Australia, at the head of Spencer Gulf. It is a railroad center and a center for solar and other renewable energy. ...

Jahdiel

(Encyclopedia)Jahdiel jäˈdīĕl [key], in the Bible, head of a Manassite family. ...

Bebai

(Encyclopedia)Bebai bēbāˈī [key], in the Bible, head of a family in Zerubbabel's return. ...

Asnah

(Encyclopedia)Asnah ăsˈnə [key], in the Bible, head of a family that returned with Zerubbabel. ...

Shuthelah

(Encyclopedia)Shuthelah sho͞oˈthēlə [key], in the Bible, head of an Ephraimite family. ...

Jahmai

(Encyclopedia)Jahmai jäˈmāī, jämāˈī [key], in the Bible, head of the house of Tola. ...

Medici, Piero de', 1416–69, Italian merchant prince

(Encyclopedia)Medici, Piero de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1416–69, Italian merchant prince. He succeeded his father, Cosimo de' Medici, as head of the Medici family and as leader of the Florent...

Kundla, John Albert

(Encyclopedia)Kundla, John Albert, 1916–, American basketball coach, b. Star Junction, Pa. A star player at the Univ. of Minnesota, he served in the navy during World War II, then coached (1946–47) at the Colle...