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bovid
Any ruminant of the family Bovidae. Bovids have hollow, unbranched, permanently attached horns; they are grazing or browsing animals found in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, most often in grasslands, scrublands, or deserts. Most species live in large herds. Species range in shoulder height from a 10-in. (25-cm) antelope to the 6.5-ft (2-m) bison. Some of the 138 species (incl. domestic cattle, sheep, goats) are of economic value to humans. Others (incl. bighorn and some antelope) are hunted for food, sport, horns, or hides. See also buffalo, ruminant.


Loti
French novelist. As a naval officer, Loti visited the Middle East and E. Asia, which later provided the exotic settings of his novels and reminiscences. His first novel, Aziyadé (1879), won him critical and popular success. Other novels include An Iceland Fisherman (1886), Japan: Madam Chrysanthemum (1887), and Disenchanted (1906). Among his recurring motifs are love, death, and despair at the passing of sensuous life. He reveals his compassion in such works as The Book of Pity and of Death (1890). His themes anticipated some of the preoccupations of French literature between the world wars.


motion
Change in position of a body relative to another body or with respect to a frame of reference or coordinate system. Motion occurs along a definite path, the nature of which determines the character of the motion. Translational motion occurs if all points in a body have similar paths relative to another body. Rotational motion occurs when any line on a body changes its orientation relative to a line on another body. Motion relative to a moving body, such as motion on a moving train, is called relative motion. Indeed, all motions are relative, but motions relative to the earth or to any body fixed to the earth are often assumed to be absolute, as the effects of the earth's motion are usually negligible. See also Brownian motion, harmonic motion, periodic motion, simple motion, uniform circular motion.


noaide
In Sami religion, a shaman who mediates between his clients and various supernatural beings and forces. To aid people suffering from illness or other serious troubles, the noaide performs a dramatic sé ance, which includes divination, trance, confrontation of supernatural beings, and the ritual treatment of the patient. The noaides can accomplish both good and evil, and their powers were formerly much feared.


Oneida
Iroquoian-speaking N. Amer. Indian people of what is now central New York, one of the original five nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. The Oneida were semisendentary and practiced corn agriculture. Longhouses sheltered families related through maternal descent. Each community had a local council that guided the chief or chiefs. The Oneida supported the colonist cause in the Amer. Revolution and were attacked by the pro-British Iroquois under J. Brant. By the mid-19th ...

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