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Mountain, the
(Encyclopedia)Mountain, the, in French history, the label applied to deputies sitting on the raised left benches in the National Convention during the French Revolution. Members of the faction, known as Montagnards...Mountain-Altai
(Encyclopedia)Mountain-Altai: see Altai Republic, Russia. ...Mountain-Badakhshan
(Encyclopedia)Mountain-Badakhshan: see Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. ...mountain beaver
(Encyclopedia)mountain beaver, stout, short-limbed North American rodent, Aplodontia rufa, not closely related to the true beaver. Also called sewellel beaver after the Chinook word for a robe made from its pelts, ...Mountain Brook
(Encyclopedia)Mountain Brook, city (1990 pop. 19,810), Jefferson co., N central Ala.; inc. 1942. It is a residential suburb of Birmingham.mountain goat
(Encyclopedia)mountain goat: see Rocky Mountain goat. ...Mountain-Karabakh
(Encyclopedia)Mountain-Karabakh: see Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. ...mountain laurel
(Encyclopedia)mountain laurel, evergreen shrub (Kalmia latifolia) of the family Ericaceae (heath family), closely related to the rhododendron and native to E North America. The state flower of Connecticut and Penns...mountain lion
(Encyclopedia)mountain lion: see puma.mountain sheep
(Encyclopedia)mountain sheep: see bighorn.Browse by Subject
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