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121Newfoundland and Labrador — province of Canada: 143,501 sq mi (371,666 sq km); pop. 552,000; cap. St. John s: abbrev. NL or Nfld & Lab * * * Province (pop., 2001: 512,930), one of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada. Consisting of the island of Newfoundland and Labrador… …
122Arawak — /ar euh wahk , wak /, n., pl. Arawaks, (esp. collectively) Arawak. 1. a member of an Indian people once widespread in the Antilles but now confined to northeastern South America. 2. the language of the Arawaks. * * * American Indians of the… …
123Choctaw — /chok taw/, n., pl. Choctaws, (esp. collectively) Choctaw for 1. 1. a member of a large Muskhogean tribe of North American Indians, formerly living chiefly in southern Mississippi, now in Oklahoma. 2. the language of the Choctaw, closely related… …
124fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with …
125fishable — fishability, n. /fish euh beuhl/, adj. 1. that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams. 2. lawful to be fished in: a lake that is fishable only with a permit. [1605 15; FISH + ABLE] * * * …
126Iroquois — /ir euh kwoy , kwoyz /, n., pl. Iroquois, adj. n. 1. a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras. adj. 2. belonging or relating to… …
127king crab — 1. See horseshoe crab. 2. Also called Alaskan king crab, Alaska crab. a large, edible crab, Paralithodes camtschatica, of cold North Pacific waters, esp. abundant along the coasts of Alaska and Japan. [1690 1700] * * * or Alaskan king crab or… …
128mackerel shark — any of several fierce sharks of the family Lamidae, including the great white shark and the mako. [1810 20] * * * Any of several temperate water sharks (genus Lamna) in a family (Isuridae) that also includes the great white shark and the mako… …
