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paradise fish

(Encyclopedia)paradise fish, brilliantly colored freshwater Asian fish, Macropodus opercularis, often kept in aquariums. The males reach a length of 3 in. (7.6 cm) and turn reddish with blue bars during mating seas...

Tatar Strait

(Encyclopedia)Tatar Strait, narrow body of water, c.350 mi (560 km) long and from 5 to 80 mi (8–129 km) wide, S Russian Far East, between the island of Sakhalin and the Asian mainland. It connects the Sea of Japa...

quince

(Encyclopedia)quince, shrub or small tree of the Asian genera Chaenomeles and Cydonia of the family Rosaceae (rose family). The common quince (Cydonia oblonga) is a spineless tree with edible fruits cultivated from...

Athapascan

(Encyclopedia)Athapascan or Athapaskan: see Athabascan; Native American languages. ...

Malayalam

(Encyclopedia)Malayalam mäˌləyäˈləm [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages. ...

Carleton University

(Encyclopedia)Carleton University, at Ottawa, Ont., Canada; nonsectarian; coeducational; founded 1942 as Carleton College. It achieved university status in 1957. It has faculties of arts, social sciences, science, ...

Tamil

(Encyclopedia)Tamil tămˈĭl [key], Dravidian language of India. See Dravidian languages. ...

Scottish Gaelic language and literature

(Encyclopedia)Scottish Gaelic language and literature: see Celtic languages; Gaelic literature. ...

Austronesian

(Encyclopedia)Austronesian ôsˌtrōnēˈzhən, –shən [key], name sometimes used for the Malayo-Polynesian languages. ...

Brahui

(Encyclopedia)Brahui bräho͞oˈē [key], Dravidian language of Baluchistan. See Dravidian languages. ...