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American Red Cross

(Encyclopedia)American Red Cross: see Red Cross. ...

International Red Cross

(Encyclopedia)International Red Cross: see Red Cross. ...

Arctic Red River

(Encyclopedia)Arctic Red River, c.310 mi (500 km) long, rising in the Mackenzie Mts. of W Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing generally NW to the Mackenzie River. At its mouth are a post of the Royal Canadia...

Red Rock chicken

(Encyclopedia)Red Rock chicken, the only chicken still popular to any large extent in the United States today for both meat and eggs. It resulted from a cross between a Rhode Island Red male and a Plymouth Rock fem...

Red River Settlement

(Encyclopedia)Red River Settlement, agricultural colony in present Manitoba, North Dakota, and Minnesota. It was the undertaking of Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of Selkirk. Wishing to relieve the dispossessed and impov...

red blood cell

(Encyclopedia)red blood cell: see blood.

Red Angus cattle

(Encyclopedia)Red Angus cattle: see Angus cattle. ...

Red River Rebellion

(Encyclopedia)Red River Rebellion: see Riel, Louis. ...

Little Red River

(Encyclopedia)Little Red River, 105 mi (169 km) long, rising in the Boston Mts., NW Ark., and flowing SE to the White River. Greers Dam and reservoir (completed 1964) provide flood control and hydroelectric power. ...

Western red cedar

(Encyclopedia)Western red cedar: see juniper, arborvitae. ...