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  • 41Slate (writing) — A writing slate is a piece of flat material used as a medium for writing.In the 1800s, writing slates were made of slate, which is more durable than paper and was cheap at the time when paper was expensive. It was used to allow children to… …

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  • 42Slate-colored Fox Sparrow — Taxobox name = Slate colored Fox Sparrow status = NE regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Emberizidae genus = Passerella species = P. (iliaca) schistacea trinomial = Passerella iliaca schistacea group… …

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  • 43slate — slate1 [ sleıt ] noun 1. ) uncount a type of dark gray stone that breaks easily into flat thin pieces a ) count a single flat piece of slate used with others for covering a roof b ) count a flat piece of slate used in the past to write on in… …

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  • 44slate — (board)   refers to the digital board held in front of the camera that identifies shot number, director, camera person, studio and title; the slate has the clap sticks on top and the scene number, take and production name or title usually written …

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  • 45slate — I. /sleɪt / (say slayt) noun 1. a fine grained rock formed by the compression of mudstone, that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification. 2. a thin piece or plate of this rock or a similar …

  • 46Slate (elections) — A Slate is a group of candidates that run in multi seat or multi position elections on a common platform.The common platform maybe because the candidates are all members of a political party or have the same or similar policies, or simply that… …

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  • 47slate — noun 1》 a fine grained grey, green, or bluish purple metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat plates.     ↘a flat plate of slate used as roofing material. 2》 a plate of slate formerly used in schools for writing on. 3》 a bluish grey colour …

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  • 48Slate call —    A caller consisting of a peg and a piece of slate. The peg is stroked across the slate to produce the sound of the turkey. The slate is sometimes enclosed in plastic, wood or any substance like a turtle shell …

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  • 49Slate-blue Seedeater — Taxobox name = Slate blue Seedeater status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo = Neoaves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri infraordo =… …

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  • 50Slate-throated Redstart — Taxobox name = Slate throated Redstart status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Parulidae genus = Myioborus species = M. miniatus binomial = Myioborus miniatus… …

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