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tunicate

(Encyclopedia)tunicate to͞oˈnəkĭt [key], marine animal of the phylum Chordata, which also includes the vertebrates. The adult form of most tunicates (also called urochordates) shows no resemblance to vertebrate...

Triton , in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Triton, in Greek mythology, son of Poseidon. He was a creature of the sea, the upper half of his body being human, the lower fishlike. Later legends speak of many Tritons, sometimes described as ridin...

Balkan Peninsula

(Encyclopedia)Balkan Peninsula, southeasternmost peninsula of Europe, c.200,000 sq mi (518,000 sq km), bounded by the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Adriatic Sea. Although...

Manych

(Encyclopedia)Manych mäˈnĭch [key], two rivers, SE European Russia. The Western Manych, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rises near Stavropol in the N Caucasus and flows NW through Lake Manych-Gudilo into the lower Don R...

Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville

(Encyclopedia)Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville, 1830–82, Scottish naturalist, noted as a marine biologist and deep-sea explorer. He participated in three deep-sea dredging expeditions (1868–70) and obtained evidenc...

Cunningham, Allan

(Encyclopedia)Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842, Scottish author. His collection of The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern (4 vol., 1825) included his own “A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea,” one of the best-known ...

Dunwich

(Encyclopedia)Dunwich dŭnˈĭch [key], village, Suffolk, SE England, on the North Sea, known as “Britain...

Choshi

(Encyclopedia)Choshi chōˈshē [key], city, Chiba prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kashimada Sea ...

Gennesaret

(Encyclopedia)Gennesaret gĕnĕsˈərĕt [key]. 1 See Galilee, Sea of. 2 Fertile plain, NW of the Sea of Galilee. It is mentioned in the New Testament. ...

Kanin

(Encyclopedia)Kanin käˈnyĭn [key], peninsula, N European Russia, projecting into the Barents Sea between the White Sea (in the west) and Chesha (Cheshskaya) Bay (in the east). Its northernmost cape is called Kan...