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- phosphate mineral, hydrated iron phosphate [Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O], that occurs as colourless (when freshly exposed) or dark-blue (after long exposure), glassy crystals in the weathered zones of phosphate deposits and as concretions ...
- Vivien, Renee
- French poet whose poetry encloses ardent passion within rigid verse forms. She was an exacting writer, known for her mastery of the sonnet and of the rarely found 11-syllable line ...
- viviparity
- retention and growth of the fertilized egg within the maternal body until the young animal, as a larva or newborn, is capable of independent existence. The growing embryo derives continuous ...
- Vizcaya
- provincia, in the autonomous Basque Country (Pais Vasco), northern Spain; it has an area of 856 square miles (2,217 square km). Originally a tribal territory of the Vascones (4th century ...
- Vizetelly Family
- family of Italian descent active in journalism and publishing from the late 18th century in England and later in France (briefly) and the United States.
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