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duckbill, fish
(Encyclopedia)duckbill, fish: see paddlefish.surf fish
(Encyclopedia)surf fish: see surfperch.buffalo fish
(Encyclopedia)buffalo fish: see sucker.pilot fish
(Encyclopedia)pilot fish: see pompano.darter, fish
(Encyclopedia)darter, North American fish: see perch. ...walking fish
(Encyclopedia)walking fish: see climbing perch. ...Delacroix, Eugène
(Encyclopedia)Delacroix, Eugène (Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix) fĕrdēnäNˈ-vēktôrˈ-özhĕnˈ dəläkrwäˈ [key], 1798–1863, French painter. Delacroix is considered the foremost painter of the romanti...Morison, Stanley
(Encyclopedia)Morison, Stanley, 1889–1967, English typographer and journalist. Morison was typographical consultant to Cambridge Univ. Press and to the English Monotype Corp. and editor of the Fleuron from 1926 t...Elkin, Stanley
(Encyclopedia)Elkin, Stanley, 1930–95, American writer, b. New York City. An offbeat fiction writer, Elkin had a gift for black comedy, fantastic imagery, bizarre situations, and a kind of lyrical bleakness, all ...Eugene of Savoy
(Encyclopedia)Eugene of Savoy, 1663–1736, prince of the house of Savoy, general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire. Born in Paris, he was the son of Eugène, comte de Soissons of the line of Savoy-Carignano,...Browse by Subject
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