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• spring|tail — «SPRIHNG TAYL», noun. any one of an order of small, wingless insects that have forked, taillike appendages at the end of the abdomen under the body which act as a spring, giving them great jumping ability; collembola …   Useful english dictionary

• spring hare — ▪ mammal also spelled  springhare   a bipedal grazing rodent indigenous to Africa. About the size of a rabbit, the spring hare more closely resembles a giant jerboa in having a short round head, a thick muscular neck, very large eyes, and long,… …   Universalium

• Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring — Infobox Korean Film name = Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring writer = Kim Ki duk starring = Su Oh yeong Kim Young min Seo Jae kyung Kim Jong ho Ha Yeo jin director = Kim Ki duk producer = Karl Baumgartner Lee Seung jae distributor =… …   Wikipedia

• tail after possibility of issue extinct — A species of estate fail which arises where one is tenant in special tail, and a person from whose body the issue was to spring dies without issue, or, having left issue, that issue becomes extinct. In either of these cases the surviving tenant… …   Black's law dictionary

• Spring Mountain Ranch State Park — program. It is in the Southern Region of Nevada State Parks.Early Ranch HistoryIn the mid 1830 s, a campsite was established along the wash that runs through the ranch. The spring fed creek and grassy meadows formed an oasis for travelers using… …   Wikipedia

• Pheasant Tail Nymph — The Pheasant Tail is a popular nymph imitation used when fly fishing. It is used to mimic a large variety of creatures that many fish including Trout feed upon. It is also widely referred to as the Sawyer’s Pheasant Tail, in relation to the… …   Wikipedia

• Fairy Tail — Infobox animanga/Header name = Fairy Tail caption = Fairy Tail manga, Volume 1 cover ja name = フェアリーテイル ja name trans = FAIRY TAIL genre = Action, Adventure, Fantasy, ComedyInfobox animanga/Manga title = author = Hiro Mashima publisher =… …   Wikipedia

• The Rite of Spring — Infobox Ballet name = The Rite of Spring image size = caption = choreographer = Vaslav Nijinsky composer = Igor Stravinsky based on = premiere = 29 May 1913 place = Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Paris ballet company = Ballets Russes characters =… …   Wikipedia

• Silver Spring (Washington Metro) — Infobox Station name = Silver Spring logo size = 50px image size = image caption = address = 8400 Colesville Road (Metro) 1170 Bonifant Street (MARC) Silver Spring, MD 20910 line = other = MARC:rail color box|system=MARC|line=Brunswick platform …   Wikipedia

• Comet Siding Spring — C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) WISE infrared image of C/2007 Q3 January 10, 2010[1] Discovery Discovered by: Donna Burton Siding Spring Survey 0.5 m Sc …   Wikipedia