Gazelle
GAZELLE substantive (Arab Ghaza). Mammal, genus of the antelope family, which includes a dozen species, characterized by horns shaped as a lyre or with a double curve, always ringed, whithout edge, and...
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LILAC substantive (Persian, lilac). Botany - Genus of Oleineae, in the subfamily Fraxineae, which includes several species of ornamental shrubs that bloom in early spring and bear small flowers in...
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KEW village in Surrey (England), on the south bank of the Thames, 12 km south-west of St. Paul in London, famous for its Royal Botanic Garden, the richest in the world, comprising 75 acres...
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GAZA (arab. Ghazza), city in Syria, on the road leading to Egypt, between the Mediterranean and the desert, about 4 km (2.5 miles) from the sea. Population about 15 000. Important entrepôt for caravan...
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GUDGEON substantive (lat. gobio). Ichthyology - genus of cyprinoïd fishes close to the tench and including several species of freshwater fish. The ordinary gudgeon (gobio fluviatilis) is a small white...
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ISFAHAN or Esfahan (formerly Aspadana), former capital of Persia, in Iraq-Adjemi, 315 km south of Tehran, by 32° 39' north latitude and 49° 24' east longitude, population about 60 000. It is surrounded...
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GARTER substantive Sort of ribbon, or strap, made of fabric and with which one's stockings are held up, above or below the knee: elastic garters. - Order of the Garter, the highest English order of...
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KEY WEST (Span. Cayos huescos) - I One of the Florida Keys, 70 km (43.5 miles) from Cape Sable, population about 7 000. It is 12 km (7.5 miles) long and 2 to 4 km (1.2 to 2.5 miles) wide, and it rises...
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