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  • 51Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… …

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  • 52locomotion — /loh keuh moh sheuhn/, n. the act or power of moving from place to place. [1640 50; see LOCOMOTIVE, MOTION] * * * Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either… …

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  • 53planarian — /pleuh nair ee euhn/, n. Zool. any of various free swimming, mostly freshwater flatworms of the class Turbellaria, having an undulating or sluglike motion: popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts. [1885 60; < NL&#8230; …

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  • 54Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of&#8230; …

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  • 55pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction       the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …

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  • 56undulate — [[t]ʌ̱nʤʊleɪt[/t]] undulates, undulating, undulated VERB Something that undulates has gentle curves or slopes, or moves gently and slowly up and down or from side to side in an attractive manner. [LITERARY] As we travel south, the countryside&#8230; …

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  • 57undulate — UK [ˈʌndjʊleɪt] / US [ˈʌndʒəˌleɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms undulate : present tense I/you/we/they undulate he/she/it undulates present participle undulating past tense undulated past participle undulated mainly literary to move gently up&#8230; …

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  • 58un|du|late — «verb. UHN juh layt, dyuh ; adjective. UHN juh liht, layt; dyuh », verb, lat|ed, lat|ing, adjective. –v.i. 1. to move in or in the manner of waves; rise and fall or come and go with a wavelike motion: »undulating water. Figurative. Tall spire&#8230; …

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  • 59ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, HEBREW — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: hebrew illumination in hellenistic times character of hebrew manuscript illumination materials and techniques oriental school spanish illumination french school german school italian&#8230; …

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  • 60GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the&#8230; …

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