Water-hen

  • 101Anatiwa —    In the Creation Legend of the Karaya Indians of eastern Brazil the deluge was caused by a malevolent being of this name. The ancestors of the tribe escaped, thanks to Saracura, the water hen, bringing earth to the hill top on which they had… …

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  • 102Saracura —    In the Creation Legends of the Karaya Indians and the Ges Indians she was the water hen who saved the ancestors of the tribes from the deluge brought about by Anatiwa, by bringing earth to the hill top on which they had sought refuge as fast… …

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  • 103Tupuya and Ges Indian Creation Legends —    The Karaya tribe of this group have a culture hero named Kaboi (known to the Arawaks as Kamu, to the Caribs as Tamu, to the Paraguayans as Zume, and to the Arovacs as Camu) who after the Deluge, when the ancestors of the tribe had sought… …

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  • 104dab-chick —  the water hen. North …

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  • 105pulldoo — ˈpu̇lˌdü noun ( s) Etymology: Louisiana French poule d eau, literally, water hen : american coot …

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  • 106spotted rail — noun or spotted skitty or spotted water hen : spotted crake …

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  • 107Henderson-Hasselbalch equation — Hen·der·son Has·sel·balch equation hen dər sən has əl .bälk n an equation that equates the pH of a buffered solution (as the blood) to the sum of the cologarithm (p) of the dissociation constant (K) of the acid in the buffer and the logarithm of… …

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  • 108loop of Henle — /hen lee/, Anat. the part of a nephron between the proximal and distal convoluted tubules that extends, in a loop, from the cortex into the medulla of the kidney. Also called Henle s loop. [1880 85; named after F. G. J. Henle (1809 85), German… …

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  • 109Porzana maruetta — Water crake Wa ter crake (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The dipper. (b) The spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta}). See Illust. of {Crake}. (c) The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 110List of Pokémon episodes — This is a list of episodes of the Pokémon animated series (ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā?, Pocket Monsters). The division between seasons of Pokémon is based on the openings of each episode, and may not reflect the actual production season. The… …

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