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111Straw-coloured Fruit Bat — Taxobox name = Straw Colored Fruit Bats image caption = Eidolon helvum status = LC status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia divisio = Chordata classis = Mamalia ordo = Chiroptera familia = Pteropodidae genus = Eidolon species = E. helvum The… …
112Straw man (literature) — In literature, Straw men of both the literal and metaphorical kind have been employed in literature over the years. The fact that a straw man has the shape of a man, but has nothing but (symbolically) worthless straw inside, makes it a symbol for …
113Straw paintings — By modelling and playing with straw, our great grandmothers have long ago started weaving straw and making wonderful artistic objects. As time passed, they acquired more skill in working with straw and a century ago, created a very specific art… …
114Straw-necked Ibis — Taxobox name = Straw necked Ibis status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Ciconiiformes familia = Threskiornithidae genus = Threskiornis species = T. spinicollis binomial = Threskiornis… …
115Straw man (dummy) — A straw man is a dummy in the shape of a human usually made up entirely out of straw material, or created by stuffing straw into clothes. Straw men are commonly used as scarecrows, combat training targets, swordsmiths test targets, effigies to be …
116Straw Dogs (band) — Infobox musical artist | Name = Straw Dogs Img capt = Seattle based Americana Rock group featuring David von Beck and Darren Smith. Img size = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Seattle Genre = Rock Years active = 1997 – present Label =… …
117Straw bale — used. traw bale constructionWhen bales are used to build or insulate buildings, the straw bales are commonly finished with plaster. The plastered walls provide excellent thermal mass, compressive and ductile structural strength, and excellent… …
118Straw, Jack — ▪ 2001 Following his appointment as the U.K. s home secretary in 1997, British politician Jack Straw proved hard to characterize. Though liberal and reformist in some respects, he was conservative and authoritarian in other ways.… …
119straw wine — noun sweet wine from grapes partially sun dried on the vine or on straw mats • Hypernyms: ↑dessert wine * * * noun : a sweet dessert wine that resembles liqueur and is produced from grapes partially dried often on straw and in the sun before… …
120Straw (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Straw Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = Bristol, England Genre = Indie, Britpop Years active = 1998–2001 Label = WEA, Columbia Associated acts = The Blue Aeroplanes, The Jeevas URL …
