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(Encyclopedia)red pepper: see pepper.Red Sea
(Encyclopedia)Red Sea, ancient Sinus Arabicus or Erythraean Sea, narrow sea, c.170,000 sq mi (440,300 sq km), c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long and up to 225 mi ...red shift
(Encyclopedia)red shift or redshift, in astronomy, the systematic displacement of individual lines in the spectrum of a celestial object toward the red, or longer wavelength, end of the visible spectrum. The effect...red snapper
(Encyclopedia)red snapper: see snapper.red spider
(Encyclopedia)red spider: see mite.red spruce
(Encyclopedia)red spruce: see spruce.red squill
(Encyclopedia)red squill: see squill.red tide
(Encyclopedia)red tide: see Dinoflagellata.Red Wing
(Encyclopedia)Red Wing, city (1990 pop. 15,134), seat of Goodhue co., SE Minn., on the Mississippi River at the head of Lake Pepin; inc. 1857. It is a commercial and manufacturing center in the Hiawatha valley farm...Hamilton Grange National Memorial
(Encyclopedia)Hamilton Grange National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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