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bulbul, in zoology, antelope
(Encyclopedia)bulbul, antelope: see hartebeest. ...kouprey
(Encyclopedia)kouprey: see gaur.gayal
(Encyclopedia)gayal: see gaur.In
(Encyclopedia)In, symbol for the element indium. ...Newton, Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Newton, Alfred, 1829–1907, English zoologist, b. Geneva. He studied (1854–65) ornithology in Lapland, Iceland, the West Indies, and North America and in 1866 became the first professor of zoology ...Forster, Johann Reinhold
(Encyclopedia)Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729–98, German naturalist and teacher. His Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1772–73) on zoology, ornithology, and ichthyology established him as one of t...Hyatt, Alpheus
(Encyclopedia)Hyatt, Alpheus, 1838–1902, American zoologist, b. Washington, D.C., grad. Harvard, 1862. He was a devoted follower of Louis Agassiz. From 1870, Hyatt was custodian and later curator of the Boston So...naiad
(Encyclopedia)naiad, in zoology: see insect.Komodo dragon
(Encyclopedia)Komodo dragon: see monitor, in zoology. ...Dall sheep
(Encyclopedia)Dall sheep: see bighorn, in zoology. ...Browse by Subject
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