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in the New Testament, centurion in whose charge Paul was sent to Rome....
rodent slightly larger than the common mouse, found in North America and N Asia, also called the kangaroo mouse. Its long hind legs and tail enable it...
(zhôz f´ zh b r´) (KEY) , 1754–1824, French moralist. His Pensées (of which there are many English translations) rank with those of La Rochefouc...
(yü´l kh) (KEY) , former duchy, Germany, between Cologne and Aachen. At first a county, Jülich was raised to a duchy in 1356, and in 1423 it was un...
(j ´ t, jou´ t) (KEY) , 1817–93, English educator and Greek scholar, b. London. Jowett was a Church of England clergyman, master of Balliol Colleg...
snowbird, small seed-eating bird of North America closely related to the sparrows. Juncos have white underparts and gray (sometimes also brown) backs....