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1893–1944, Polish-American novelist and playwright who wrote in Yiddish, older brother of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Living variously in Poland and Russ...
name for members of the Lutianidae, a family of spiny-finned food and game fishes found chiefly in tropical coastal waters. Snappers are carnivorous, ...
(s l r´ n, s –) (KEY) [from the Silures, ancient tribe of S Wales, where the period was first studied; named by the British geologist R. I. Murch...
(m s´k l n) (KEY) , 1732–1811, English astronomer. Maskelyne received his education at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Appointed...
(s nd´b ) (KEY) , 1725–1809, English watercolorist and draftsman. He was employed to survey the Highlands of Scotland after the 1745 rebellion. Dur...
(s m´ n ) (KEY) , in canon law, buying or selling of any spiritual benefit or office. The name is derived from Simon Magus, who tried to buy the gift...