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121Twig snake — Taxobox name = Twig Snake regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Serpentes familia = Colubridae genus = Thelotornis subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = Thelotornis capensis Smith, 1849 Thelotornis… …
122General Adna Anderson — Anderson, Adna (July 25, 1827, to May 15, 1889). Second Vice President and Engineer in Chief. Office: Tacoma, Washington.Engineer in Chief, February 18, 1880, to January, 1888Born: July 25, 1827, Ridgway, Orleans County, New York.Entered railway… …
123MilkyWay — Milk·y Way (mĭlʹkē) n. The galaxy containing the solar system, visible as a broad band of faint light in the night sky. [Middle English, translation of Latin via lactea: via, way + lactea, feminine of lacteus, milky.] * * * …
124starburst — 1. noun a) A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion. ... his arm striking brick and the bottle shattering in a starburst of black ... b) A symbol similar to an asterisk, but… …
125night blindness — noun The optic condition nyctalopia, the inability to see clearly in faint light, as at night Syn: moon blindness …
126moon blindness — noun a) A chronic equine inflammatory eye disease. The cavalry messenger dismounted after his moon blindness rendered riding on through the wilderness unsafe. b) The optic condition night blindess: reduced eyesight …
127KM3NeT — KM3NeT, an acronym for Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope, is a future European research infrastructure which will be located at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. It will host the next generation neutrino telescope in the form of a water… …
128shine — [OE] Shine and its Germanic relatives, German scheinen, Dutch schijnen, Swedish skina, and Danish skinne, go back to a prehistoric *skīnan. This was derived from *ski , a base which also produced English sheer and shimmer (sheen, despite its… …
