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sculpin

(Encyclopedia)sculpin, common name for a member of the superfamily Cottoidea, bizarre fishes with large, spiny or armored heads and short, tapering bodies, found in both marine and freshwater habitats. The sculpins...

Canadian Shield

(Encyclopedia)Canadian Shield or Laurentian Plateau lôrĕnˈchən [key], U-shaped region of ancient rock, the nucleus of North America, stretching N from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean. Covering more than hal...

Pacific Ocean

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Pacific Ocean, largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface; named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan; the southern part i...

loggerhead

(Encyclopedia)loggerhead: see sea turtle.

hawksbill

(Encyclopedia)hawksbill: see sea turtle.

ridley

(Encyclopedia)ridley: see sea turtle.

nudibranch

(Encyclopedia)nudibranch: see sea slug.

starfish

(Encyclopedia)starfish: see sea star.

Ziz

(Encyclopedia)Ziz, in the Bible, pass or wadi, through which an allied army moved from the Dead Sea toward Jerusalem to attack Jehoshaphat.

green turtle

(Encyclopedia)green turtle: see sea turtle.