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(m kh y l´ d m ´tr v ch skô´b ly f) (KEY) , 1843–82, Russian general, one of the military commanders responsible for the Russian conquests in T...
name commonly used for a gastropod mollusk with a shell. Included in the thousands of species are terrestrial, freshwater, and marine forms. Some eat ...
small drum having a drumhead at either end. One head is struck with wooden drumsticks, and on the other are stretched several strings, called snares, ...
(sl vyänsk´) (KEY) , city (1989 pop. 135,000), E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin. It is a railroad junction and has salt and soda works. Manufactures i...
or Symeon (both: s m´ n) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1 Second son of Jacob and Leah and ancestor of the southernmost tribe of Israel. He and his tribe are...
(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...