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Torre, Joe

(Encyclopedia)Torre, Joe (Joseph Paul Torre, Jr.), 1940–, American baseball player and manager, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Torre first played major league ball as a catcher for the Milwaukee Braves (1960–68), then moved...

Orton, Joe

(Encyclopedia)Orton, Joe, 1933–67, English playwright, b. John Kingsley. After studying acting, he wrote farcical comedies noted for their cynical humor. His plays include The Ruffian on the Stair (1963), Enterta...

elephant bird

(Encyclopedia)elephant bird, extinct, flightless bird of the family Aepyornithidae. Once native to the island of Madagascar, these gigantic birds may have survived until as late as 1649. Today, they are known only ...

darter, bird

(Encyclopedia)darter or anhinga ănhĭngˈgə [key], common name for a very slender, black water bird very closely related to the cormorant. It frequents the wooded borders of freshwater lakes, rivers, and swamps i...

harrier, bird

(Encyclopedia)harrier, bird: see hawk.

frigate-bird

(Encyclopedia)frigate-bird: see man-o'-war bird. ...

mound bird

(Encyclopedia)mound bird: see megapode.

love bird

(Encyclopedia)love bird: see parrot.

butcher bird

(Encyclopedia)butcher bird: see shrike.

Bird, Isabella

(Encyclopedia)Bird, Isabella: see Bishop, Isabella Lucy (Bird). ...