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Mitsubishi T-2 — T 2 Mitsubishi T 2 at MCAS Iwakuni Role Trainer Manufacturer … Wikipedia
Naval artillery in the Age of Sail — The cannon shot (c. 1680), painted by Willem van de Velde the Younger Naval artillery in the Age of Sail encompasses the period of roughly 1571 1863: when large, sail powered wooden naval warships dominated the high seas, mounting a bewildering… … Wikipedia
Tupolev Tu-141 — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=Tu 141 Strizh caption= type=Reconnaissance drone national origin=Soviet Union manufacturer=Tupolev designer= first flight= introduced= retired= status= primary user= more users= produced= number built= variants with… … Wikipedia
Conus — This article is about the genus of snails. For other uses, see Conus (disambiguation). Cucullus redirects here. This may also refer to part of the clasper in male insect genitalia. Cone snails Temporal range: Eocene–Recent … Wikipedia
belemnoid — adj. [Gr. belemnon, javelin; eidos, form] Dartlike in shape … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
bullfighting — See bullfighter. * * * Spanish corrida de toros Spectacle, popular in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, in which matadors ceremonially taunt, and usually kill, bulls in an arena. Spectacles with bulls were common in ancient Crete, Thessaly, and … Universalium
arrowhead — /ar oh hed /, n. 1. the head or tip of an arrow, usually separable from the shaft and conventionally wedge shaped. 2. anything resembling or having the conventional shape of an arrowhead. 3. any aquatic or bog plant of the genus Sagittaria,… … Universalium
arrowworm — /ar oh werrm /, n. any small, translucent marine worm of the phylum (or class) Chaetognatha, having lateral and caudal fins. Also called glassworm. [1885 90; so called from a fancied resemblance to an arrow] * * * ▪ animal phylum Introduction… … Universalium
egg and dart — Archit. a design for enriching an ovolo or echinus, consisting of a closely set, alternating series of oval and pointed forms. [1870 75] * * * ▪ architecture in architecture, design shape used in moldings. It consists of a series of bas… … Universalium
fléchette — /flay shet /, n., pl. fléchettes /flay shets /; Fr. /flay shet /. 1. Mil. a small, dartlike metal projectile used as shrapnel in antipersonnel bombs and shells. 2. a bullet with a thin, hard metal spine, designed to tumble on impact and thus… … Universalium
