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Opalinida
(Encyclopedia) OpalinidaOpalinidaōˌpəlĭnˈĭdə [key], phylum of unicellular heterotrophic organisms of the kingdom Protista. The opalinids are all intestinal parasites of small vertebrates, such as…Aesop's Fables: The Ox and the Frog
by Aesop The Ass and the Old PeasantThe Man and the ImageThe Ox and the Frog Two little Frogs were playing about at the edge of a pool when an Ox came down to the water to drink, and by…Aesop's Fables: The Two Frogs
by Aesop The Farmer and the ViperThe Cobbler Turned DoctorThe Two Frogs Two Frogs were neighbours. One lived in a marsh, where there was plenty of water, which frogs love: the other in a…Aesop's Fables: The Frogs and the Well
by Aesop The AntThe Crab and the FoxThe Frogs and the Well Two Frogs lived together in a marsh. But one hot summer the marsh dried up, and they left it to look for another place to live…Aesop's Fables: The Boys and the Frogs
by Aesop The Crow and the PitcherThe North Wind and the SunThe Boys and the Frogs Some mischievous Boys were playing on the edge of a pond, and, catching sight of some Frogs swimming about…Aesop's Fables: The Hares and the Frogs
by Aesop The Goods and the IllsThe Fox and the StorkThe Hares and the Frogs The Hares once gathered together and lamented the unhappiness of their lot, exposed as they were to dangers on…Aesop's Fables: The Quack Frog
by Aesop The Boy BathingThe Swollen FoxThe Quack Frog Once upon a time a Frog came forth from his home in the marshes and proclaimed to all the world that he was a learned physician,…kite, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) kite, in zoology, common name for a bird of the family Accipitridae, which also includes the hawk. Kites are found near water and marshes in warm parts of the world. They prey chiefly…Homeric Hymns
(Encyclopedia) Homeric HymnsHomeric Hymnshōmĕrˈĭk [key], name applied to a body of 34 hexameter poems falsely attributed to Homer by the ancients. Composed probably between 800 and 300 b.c., they are…Galvani, Luigi
(Encyclopedia) Galvani, LuigiGalvani, Luigil&oomacr;ēˈjē gälväˈnē [key], 1737–98, Italian physician. He was professor of anatomy from 1775 at the Univ. of Bologna and was noted as a surgeon and…Trending
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