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(Encyclopedia)king crow: see drongo.king devil
(Encyclopedia)king devil: see hawkweed.King Arthur
(Encyclopedia)King Arthur: see Arthurian legend. ...King, Clarence
(Encyclopedia)King, Clarence, 1842–1901, American geologist, b. Newport, R.I., grad. Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1862. After serving as a volunteer assistant in the California state geological survey (1863...King's College
(Encyclopedia)King's College, former name of Columbia Univ. ...King's County
(Encyclopedia)King's County, Republic of Ireland: see Offaly. ...Storm King
(Encyclopedia)Storm King, mountain, 1,355 ft (413 m) high, SE N.Y., on the west shore of the Hudson River near West Point. It is included in the Palisades Interstate Parks. ...king crab
(Encyclopedia)king crab: see crab; horseshoe crab. ...King, Coretta Scott
(Encyclopedia)King, Coretta Scott, 1927–2006, American civil-rights leader, b. Heiberger, Ala.; the wife (1953–68) of Martin Luther King, Jr. After her husband's assassination, she carried on his civil-rights w...King, Ernest Joseph
(Encyclopedia)King, Ernest Joseph, 1878–1956, American admiral, commander in chief of the U.S. fleet (1941–45), b. Lorain, Ohio. A graduate of Annapolis, he distinguished himself in many branches of naval servi...Browse by Subject
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