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Brewer's: Sea-blue Bird of March
(The). The wheatear, not the kingfisher. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sea DeitiesSea A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Blue Jay
by EmilyDickinsonThe SnowThe Blue Jay The Blue Jay No brigadier throughout the year So civic as the jay. A neighbor and a warrior too, With shrill felicity Pursuing winds that censure us…The Very Best of Hill Street Blues
New Video; $59.95 for four-volume setDirector: Steven BochcoCast: Vernonica Hamel, Daniel J. Travanti and Michael Conrad This gritty cop drama ruled the tube and made TV history with its…color
(Encyclopedia) color, effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmitted from an object to the eye stimulates the different…Mankato
(Encyclopedia) MankatoMankatomănkāˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 31,477), seat of Blue Earth co., S Minn., at the confluence of the Blue Earth and Minnesota rivers; inc. 1865. It is a trade and…Bunyan, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Bunyan, Paul, legendary American lumberjack. He was the hero of a series of “tall tales” popular through the timber country from Michigan westward. Bunyan was known for his fantastic…Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville
(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville, 1830–82, Scottish naturalist, noted as a marine biologist and deep-sea explorer. He participated in three deep-sea dredging expeditions (1868–70) and…Mariana Trench
(Encyclopedia) Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench,Marianas Trench,mârˌēănˈəz [key], elongated depression on the Pacific Ocean floor, 210 mi (338 km) SW of Guam. It is the deepest known depression on…green flash
(Encyclopedia) green flash or emerald flash, a refractive phenomenon of the atmosphere where the top edge of the setting (or, less frequently, rising) sun will momentarily turn emerald green. The…iris, in botany
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Red iris, Iris fulva iris, common name for members of the genus Iris of the Iridaceae, a family of perennial herbs that includes the crocuses, freesias, and gladioli. The…Trending
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