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butterfly
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......and away from it in the spring. The North American monarch butterfly makes mass...especially the butterflies, are known for the beautiful colors and patterns of their wings...species (see mimicry). Among the most beautiful butterflies are the swallowtails, found......
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South Carolina
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......States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic...long, even coast lined with beautiful sand beaches on the "Grand Strand" north of Georgetown becomes generally...swamps, moss-hung oaks, beautiful flowering gardens, antebellum......
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pompano
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......coasts of tropical America and as far north as Cape Cod and the Gulf of California...and 12 lb (5.4 kg) in weight, is a beautiful fish with an iridescent silvery sheen...gaff-topsail pompano, or palometa, a beautiful fish with a cerulean blue back and silvery......
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Vatican City
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......Saint Peter's Church, surrounded by the splendid colonnade. North of the piazza is a quadrangular area containing administrative...imitations; the Braccio Nuovo, considered by many to be the most beautiful of all the museums; the Egyptian Museum and the Etruscan Museum......
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Wisconsin (state, United States)
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......extends in a broad arc from north to south; to the east the Menominee...Michigan as well as its many beautiful lakes and streams and its northern...rough isolation of Wisconsin's North Woods region is cut by part...deposits were discovered in the north in the 1970s.The state's......
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Wyoming (state, United States)
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......ranches occupy this fertile and beautiful plains area.In SE Wyoming...grassy South Pass. Immediately north of the pass is the Wind River...Gannett Peak. Still farther north rise the Gros Ventre and Absaroka...Columbia; the Yellowstone travels north and east into the Missouri......
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Adams, Henry
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......nonetheless stayed on seven years and also edited (1870–76) the North American Review.In 1877 Adams moved to Washington, D...was dominant. These two books, containing some of the most beautiful English ever written, rather than his monumental History......
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cemetery
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......mounds, or Barrows, are located throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. In the ancient Middle East, graves were often grouped...and class groupings of their living society. Among the many beautiful and historic cemeteries of Europe are the Père-Lachaise......
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Cuernavaca
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......Cuernavaca Valley. Increasingly a suburb of Mexico City (to the north), Cuernavaca has flour mills and beverage, textile, and...also a popular tourist and health resort. In the city are beautiful churches, monasteries, a 16th-century Franciscan convent......
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jellyfish
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......and all are exquisitely designed; they are among the most beautiful of animal types. Typically, jellyfish catch their prey with...30 m) long. Aurelia, the flattened jellyfish common along North American coasts, is usually 1 ft (30 cm) or less across......