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fish, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Anatomy of a ray-finned fish fish, limbless aquatic vertebrate animal with fins and internal gills. Traditionally the living fish have been divided into three class: the…

Hen

(Encyclopedia) Hen, in the Bible, man who was to have a memorial in the temple.

Eyck, van

(Encyclopedia) Eyck, vanEyck, vanvăn īk [key], family of Flemish painters, the brothers Hubert van Eyck, c.1370–1426, and Jan van Eyck, c.1390–1441. Of the van Eycks' works that have survived, the…

Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the

(Encyclopedia) Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the, study of the origins of the aboriginal peoples of the Americas. Archaeologists believe humans had entered and occupied much of the Americas…

conceit

(Encyclopedia) conceit, in literature, fanciful or unusual image in which apparently dissimilar things are shown to have a relationship. The Elizabethan poets were fond of Petrarchan conceits, which…

Cousin, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Cousin, JeanCousin, JeanzhäN k&oomacr;zăNˈ [key], c.1490–c.1560, celebrated French painter, designer, and sculptor. To him have been attributed the designs for the windows of…

Heeger, Alan Jay

(Encyclopedia) Heeger, Alan Jay, 1936–, American physicist and chemist, b. Sioux City, Iowa, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1961. Heeger has held faculty positions at the Univ. of Pennsylvania…

identity

(Encyclopedia) identity, in philosophy, problem of distinguishing sameness from change, or unity from diversity; primarily examined in connection with personal identity, universals, and the law of…

domicile

(Encyclopedia) domiciledomiciledŏmˈəsīlˌ [key], one's legal residence. This may or may not be the place where one actually resides at any one time. The domicile is the permanent home to which one is…

Achaeans

(Encyclopedia) Achaeans, people of ancient Greece, of unknown origin. In Homer, the Achaeans are specifically a Greek-speaking people of S Thessaly. Historically, they seem to have appeared in the…