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111Gray whale — Gray whale[1] Temporal range: Upper Pleistocene Recent A gray whale spy hopping …
112Diffusion of technology in Canada — This article outlines the history of the diffusion or spread of technology in Canada. Technologies chosen for treatment here include, in rough order, transportation, communication, energy, materials, industry, public works, public services… …
113gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… …
114religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …
115Amate — Part of the Huexotzinco Codex, written on amate. Amate (Spanish: amate from Nahuatl: āmatl) is a form of paper that has been manufactured in Mexico since the pre Hispanic times. Amate paper was extensively produced an …
116Galápagos Sea Lion — Taxobox name = Galápagos Sea Lion status = VU status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Otariidae genus = Zalophus species = Z. wollebaeki binomial authority = (Sivertsen, 1953)The… …
117dog — dogless, adj. doglike, adj. /dawg, dog/, n., v., dogged, dogging. n. 1. a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties. 2. any carnivore of the dogfamily Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and… …
118wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …
119Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
120Polynesian culture — ▪ cultural region, Pacific Ocean Introduction the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands known as Polynesia (from Greek poly ‘many and nēsoi ‘islands ). Polynesia encompasses a huge… …
