(Encyclopedia) transportation, conveyance of goods and people over land, across water, and through the air. See also commerce.
The first practical attempts at air transportation began with the…
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(Encyclopedia) seal, carnivorous aquatic mammal with front and hind feet modified as flippers, or fin-feet. The name seal is sometimes applied broadly to any of the fin-footed mammals, or pinnipeds,…
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