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(Encyclopedia)lechwe: see marsh antelope.kob
(Encyclopedia)kob: see marsh antelope.waterbuck
(Encyclopedia)waterbuck: see marsh antelope.reedbuck
(Encyclopedia)reedbuck: see marsh antelope.puku
(Encyclopedia)puku: see marsh antelope.rhebok
(Encyclopedia)rhebok: see marsh antelope.rhobuck
(Encyclopedia)rhobuck: see marsh antelope.rail
(Encyclopedia)rail, common name for some members of the large family Rallidae, marsh and tropical forest birds that include the gallinule and the coot, two specialized rails. Rails are cosmopolitan in distribution,...bittern
(Encyclopedia)bittern, common name for migratory marsh birds of the family Ardeidae (heron family). The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), often called “stake driver” because of a territorial male's boom...Tooker, George
(Encyclopedia)Tooker, George (George Clair Tooker, Jr.), 1920–2011, American painter, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Harvard (A.B., 1942), studied (1943–45) Art Students League, New York City, with Reginald Marsh. Pa...Browse by Subject
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