Search results for "Family name" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Microbat is the common name for any of the bats comprising the suborder ... * Family Emballonuridae (sac-winged bats or sheath-tailed bats) ...11 KB (1,650 words) - 17:27, 9 November 2022
- Marlin is the common name for several, large marine billfish in the family Istiophoridae of the bony fish order Perciformes. As with the other ...10 KB (1,463 words) - 16:04, 6 November 2022
- in Virginia as a slave to the Peter Blow family. He was not taught to read ... in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blow family financed his legal pursuits ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:39, 30 January 2024
- Solanaceae is a family of flowering plants in the Solanales order ... The Solanaceae family is characteristically ethnobotanical, that is ...13 KB (1,852 words) - 15:08, 27 April 2023
- the genus level lies below the family and above the species. A ... genus that has passed into synonymy; the family name does not need to be changed ...9 KB (1,374 words) - 06:51, 18 April 2024
- Balsa is the common name for a fast-growing, tropical American tree ... been classified in the Bombacaceae family. However, Bombacaceae is ...6 KB (941 words) - 04:22, 11 January 2023
- The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family ... From humble beginnings (the origin of the name is uncertain, it allegedly ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 04:04, 9 November 2022
- between the two groups. The scientific name for the New World monkeys ... New World monkeys, such as those in the family Atelidae, have tails that ...10 KB (1,457 words) - 19:29, 14 November 2022
- burrowing asps and mole vipers) also is a family of venomous snakes, and venomous ... Atractaspididae. The Atractaspididae are a family of venomous snakes ...11 KB (1,696 words) - 17:02, 3 May 2023
- sativa), which is a member of the parsley family (Apiaceae or Umbelliferae ... Pastinaca sativa is a member of the Apiaceae or Umbelliferae family ...7 KB (1,014 words) - 08:54, 18 November 2022
- the Scottish countryside. She died in her family's home on October 26 ... quot; is the female form of the name "Charles." Both ...8 KB (1,337 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- and Company. His descendants, the Du Pont family, were one of America's ... 0787638900). They were a distinguished family in France with connections ...10 KB (1,478 words) - 21:44, 29 December 2021
- The name “Warring States period” was derived from the Record of ... and Autumn period, the power of the ruling family weakened, and Jin gradually ...14 KB (2,355 words) - 22:04, 18 November 2022
- independence movement for 21 months, her name remains a source of strength ... The second daughter among five children in the family of Yu Jungkwon ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 14:11, 28 November 2022
- an early interest in gender roles in the family, regarding rigid expectations ... Clews and Lucy Madison Worthington. Her family was of an upper social status ...11 KB (1,553 words) - 17:40, 13 February 2024
- After daring to inject a prayer into her family's religious observance ... role was to be the care of the home and family. Brown was the author of ...8 KB (1,157 words) - 06:47, 31 July 2023
- the famed pioneer country act the Carter Family and the second wife of singer ... music and performed with the Carter Family from a young age, beginning ...8 KB (1,302 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- The grass family, Poaceae, is one of the largest plant families, and ... While the Poaceae family comprises those species that are botanically ...14 KB (2,146 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, most familiarly known as Pearl Buck (birth ... southern Presbyterian missionaries. The family was sent to Zhenjiang, China ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- In zoology, skipper or skipper butterfly is the common name for any of the butterflies comprising the family Hesperiidae, characterized by antennae ...12 KB (1,517 words) - 22:59, 23 April 2023
