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or slime fungus, a heterotrophic organism once regarded as a fungus but later classified with the Protista. In a recent system of classification based...
(h n´r kh v l´h lm mät ´ s ôl´b rs) (KEY) , 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician. He originated (1797) the first satisfactory method for...
1939–, Japanese molecular biologist, Ph.D. Univ. of California at San Diego, 1969. A member of the Basel Institute for Immunology in Switzerland (19...
(rôs) (KEY) , 1800–1867, British astronomer and constructor of telescopes. He served as member of Parliament for King’s Co., Ireland (1821–34),...
visible gaseous product of incomplete combustion. Smoke varies with its source, but it usually comprises hot gas and suspended particles of carbon and...
(s väsh´) (KEY) or Putrid Sea, Rus. Gniloye More, salt lagoon, c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), S Ukraine, extending along the northeastern coast of th...