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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. ...George IV, king of Great Britain and Ireland
(Encyclopedia)George IV, 1762–1830, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1820–30), eldest son and successor of George III. In 1785 he married Maria Anne Fitzherbert, a Roman Catholic. The marriage was illegal, ho...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. ...Gloucester, Henry William Frederick Albert, duke of
(Encyclopedia)Gloucester, Henry William Frederick Albert, duke of glŏsˈstər, glôˈstər [key], 1900–1974, British prince; third son of George V, brother of Edward VIII and George VI, and uncle of Elizabeth II...Browse by Subject
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