Marāgheh, town in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran. It lies in the shelter of Mount Sahand (12,100 feet [3,700 metres]) in a well-watered valley. The town is the prosperous centre of a large fruit-growing area and exports dried fruits. Its modern development has been accelerated in recent

Marāgheh: …local building stone, known as Marāgheh marble, is of mainly yellow, pink, greenish, or milk-white colour, streaked with red and green veins; it is quarried mainly at Dehkhvāregān (Azar Shahr). Pop. (2006) 149,929.

nickel processing: High-strength steels: …carbon-free iron alloy known as maraging steel has been developed. It contains 18 percent nickel, plus cobalt, titanium, and molybdenum. This alloy can be heat-treated to provide a tensile strength of some 2,000 megapascals (i.e., 21,000 kilograms per square centimetre, or 300,000 pounds per square inch), coupled with an elongation…

Australian Aboriginal peoples: Aesthetics: In western Arnhem Land maraiin objects—realistic and stylized carved representations of various natural species—were made. The rangga, or ceremonial poles, of eastern Arnhem Land, many of durable hardwood, bore ochre designs and long pendants of feathered twine. For mortuary rituals the Tiwi made large wooden grave posts, and shaped…

Italian literature: Women writers: …of Malaise), of Florentine feminist Dacia Maraini was confirmed by the translation of several subsequent works, notably La lunga vita de Marianna Ucría (1990; The Silent Duchess). In such later novels as Voci (1994; Voices) and Buio (1999; Darkness) she turned to the popular genre of detective fiction to explore…

Marais des Cygnes River, river flowing through east-central Kansas and west-central Missouri, U.S. It rises near Eskridge, Kansas, and flows nearly 220 miles (355 km) eastward into Missouri, where it joins the Little Osage River to form the Osage River. The Marais des Cygnes basin comprises 4,304

Marais Theatre, one of the major theatrical companies in 17th-century France. With the actor Montdory as its head, the company performed at various temporary theatres in Paris from 1629 before finding a permanent home in a converted tennis court in the Marais district in 1634. The Marais Theatre

Marais Theatre, one of the major theatrical companies in 17th-century France. With the actor Montdory as its head, the company performed at various temporary theatres in Paris from 1629 before finding a permanent home in a converted tennis court in the Marais district in 1634. The Marais Theatre

South African literature: In Afrikaans: Chief among them were Eugène Marais, with his disillusioned and compassionate verse on human suffering; Jan F.E. Celliers, a pastoral poet; Jakob Daniel du Toit (Totius), who wrote some of the best elegiacs in Afrikaans; and C. Louis Leipoldt, whose poetry expressed the suffering inflicted by the South African…

Jean Marais was a French actor who was a protégé and longtime partner of French writer-director Jean Cocteau. Marais was one of the most popular leading men in French films during the 1940s and ’50s. Marais was first attracted to the stage in high school but was turned down by the Paris

the Plain, in the French Revolution, the centrist deputies in the National Convention (1792–95). They formed the majority of the assembly’s members and were essential to the passage of any measures. Their name derived from their place on the floor of the assembly; above them sat the members of the

Marin Marais was a French composer who was also a celebrated virtuoso of the viola da gamba. He studied viola da gamba and from 1676 played in the French royal orchestra. With Pascal Colasse he directed the orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music. He published several books of viol music, a genre

Johannesburg: Boomtown: In 1853 Pieter Jacob Marais, a South African prospector, recovered alluvial gold from the Jukskei River, north of what would become Johannesburg. The years that followed brought several modest strikes, but the Witwatersrand Main Reef eluded searchers until 1886, when George Harrison, an Australian prospector, chanced upon…

Paris: The Marais: To the west of the Bastille lies a triangular area with its base along the river up to the Hôtel de Ville and its apex just short of the Place de la République to the north. It keeps its name—le marais (“the marsh”)—from…

Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress known for her flowing quick-spoken rap style and for her provocative lyrics. She complements her music with a bold persona that includes colorful wigs and risqué clothing. Maraj was about five years

Marajó Island, island in the Amazon River delta, eastern Pará estado (state), Brazil. It is the world’s largest fluvial island (i.e., one produced by sediments deposited by a stream or river). The island is 183 miles (295 km) long and 124 miles (200 km) wide, with an area of 15,500 square miles

Native American art: Brazil: …Ilha de Marajó and called Marajoara, which incorporates modeling and painting with a low relief carving of the surface. Several successful expeditions have recovered modest amounts of material, but the island, which is regularly flooded by the mouth of the Amazon, has resisted complete excavation. An individual style found on…

Fabales: Ecological and economic importance: …too are the seeds of Bauhinia esculenta; they are gathered for the high-protein tubers and seeds. Vigna aconitifolia (moth bean) and V. umbellata (rice bean) are much used in the tropics for forage and soil improvement, and their seeds are palatable and rich in protein. Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (winged bean) is…

Livingstone, town, extreme southern Zambia. It lies on the northern bank of the Zambezi River at the Zimbabwe border, just north of Victoria Falls. The first European settlement in the area was upriver at the Old Drift Ferry Station in the 1890s; the town’s present site was occupied in 1905 with

Maramureș, județ (county), northwestern Romania. It occupies an area of 2,434 square miles (6,304 square km) and is bounded in the north by Ukraine. It is mostly mountainous and is dominated by the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, including the Maramureș and Țibleș ranges. The Tisa River, flowing east

Joseph ben Ephraim Karo was a Spanish-born Jewish author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Bet Yosef (“House of Joseph”). Its condensation, the Shulḥan ʿarukh (“The Prepared Table,” or “The Well-Laid Table”), is still authoritative for Orthodox Jewry. When the Jews were expelled

Maranao, largest of the Muslim cultural-linguistic groups of the Philippines. Numbering more than 840,000 in the late 20th century, they live around Lake Lanao on the southern island of Mindanao. Rice farming is their main livelihood, along with metalworking and woodworking handicrafts. Like the

Marondera, town, northeastern Zimbabwe. It originated in 1890 as a rest house on the road from Harare (formerly Salisbury) to Mutare (formerly Umtali) and was named for Marondera, chief of the ruling Barozwi people. Destroyed in the Shona resistance of 1896, it was moved 4 miles (6 km) north to the

Maranhão, estado (state) of northern Brazil, situated south of the Equator and southeast of the Amazon River basin. About two-thirds of its area consists of a low heavily wooded region bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north. To the east and southeast lies Piauí state, and to the west lie the

São Luís, city, capital of Maranhão estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It lies on the west side of São Luís Island on the Atlantic coast. The island is really a long, narrow peninsula between the drowned mouths of the Mearim and Itapicuru rivers (São Marcos Bay to the west and São José Bay to the

howler monkey: The Maranhão red-handed howler monkey (A. ululata)—whose range is limited to the Atlantic coastal forests in the states of Maranhão, Piauí, and Ceará in Brazil—has been considered critically endangered since 1996. Hunting and habitat loss have taken a substantial toll on the species, and in 2008…

Marañón River, headwater of the Amazon, rising in the snowcapped Andes above Lake Lauricocha in central Peru, about 100 miles (160 km) from the Pacific Ocean. It flows northwest across windswept plateaus 12,000 feet (3,650 m) high and carves a deep canyon between Andean ranges. As the Marañón

houseplant: Foliage plants: …are several prayer plants (Maranta species), which fold their attractive leaves at night; and the exquisite Calathea makoyana, or peacock plant, with translucent foliage marked with a feathery peacock design. Pilea cadierei, or aluminum plant, is easy to grow; it has fleshy leaves splashed with silver. Codiaeum species, or…

arrowroot: …several species of the genus Maranta, members of the family Marantaceae, the rhizomes, or rootstocks, of which yield an edible starch. The most commonly used species is M. arundinacea, the source of genuine, or West Indies, arrowroot. This herbaceous perennial, a native of Guyana and western Brazil, is cultivated throughout…

prayer plant, (Maranta leuconeura), flowering plant of the family Marantaceae, native to the New World tropics. It has spreading leaves that turn upward toward evening, seemingly in prayer for evening vespers. The plant can be grown as a ground cover in suitable climates and is a common houseplant

Marantaceae, the prayer plant or arrowroot family (order Zingiberales), composed of about 31 genera and about 550 species. Members of the family are native to moist or swampy tropical forests, particularly in the Americas but also in Africa and Asia. Several species are cultivated as ornamentals or

Rabbit Maranville was an American professional baseball player who is rated as one of the finest shortstops of the game. Maranville, who batted and threw right-handed, played minor league baseball during the years 1911–12 for a team in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He joined the National League

Rabbit Maranville was an American professional baseball player who is rated as one of the finest shortstops of the game. Maranville, who batted and threw right-handed, played minor league baseball during the years 1911–12 for a team in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He joined the National League

Salvatore Maranzano was an American gangster of the Prohibition era and leader among the old-country-oriented Italians, known as “Moustache Petes,” many of whom were former members of the Sicilian Mafia and Neapolitan Camorra. Reared in Sicily, Maranzano immigrated to the United States after World

Papua New Guinea: Recovery in the 21st century: …formal resignation in May 2019, James Marape, a former minister in the O’Neill government who had crossed over to the opposition, returned to the PNC, along with a number of his comrades, and was elected prime minister.

Persis: …family of Persia, belonged; the Maraphii; and the Maspii. It was these three that Cyrus II the Great assembled to approve his plans for his revolt against Astyages, his Median overlord, in 550 bc.

Bangka Belitung: Geography: …principal mountains on Bangka are Mount Maras, in the north, with an elevation of about 2,300 feet (700 metres), and Bebuluh Hill, which rises to about 2,150 feet (655 metres), in the southeast. In central Belitung, Mount Tajem stretches above 1,640 feet (500 metres). The province is drained by many…

Manhattan: … and traditionally served with a maraschino cherry as a garnish. The Manhattan, regarded as the first modern cocktail, is considered a timeless classic and is one of the most popular mixed drinks worldwide.

Agaricales: Other families and genera: The family Marasmiaceae contains 85 genera and nearly 1,600 species. The edible shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes) is one of the most economically important members of the group. Omphalotus contains several species capable of bioluminescence, including the poisonous jack-o-lantern (O. illudens). This orange-yellow fungus of woods and stumps…

fairy ring: …is commonly known as the fairy ring mushroom, forms very large but irregular rings that may attain a diameter of 1,200 feet (365 m).

marasmus, a form of protein-energy malnutrition occurring chiefly from inadequate intake of both protein and calories. Marasmus is most common among very young children, particularly those living under conditions of famine or poverty and especially infants whose mother’s milk supply is greatly

Marasuchus, genus of archosaurian reptiles that inhabited part of present-day South America during the Ladinian Age (237 million to 229 million years ago) of the Middle Triassic Epoch. Marasuchus fossils were discovered in the Los Chañares Formation of the Ischigualasto–Villa Union Basin in

Jean-Paul Marat was a French politician, physician, and journalist, a leader of the radical Montagnard faction during the French Revolution. He was assassinated in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a young Girondin conservative. Marat, after obscure years in France and other European countries, became

Marat/Sade, play in two acts by German dramatist Peter Weiss, published and performed in West Berlin (now part of Berlin) in 1964 under the title Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats, dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade (The

Maratha, a major people of India, famed in history as yeoman warriors and champions of Hinduism. Their homeland is the present state of Maharashtra, the Marathi-speaking region that extends from Mumbai (Bombay) to Goa along the west coast of India and inland about 100 miles (160 km) east of Nagpur.

Maratha confederacy, alliance formed in the 18th century after Mughal pressure forced the collapse of Shivaji’s kingdom of Maharashtra in western India. After the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s death (1707), Maratha power revived under Shivaji’s grandson Shahu. He confided power to the Brahman Bhat

Kolkata: Growth of the city: …to be known as the Maratha Ditch. Although it was not completed to the southern end of the settlement, it marked the city’s eastern boundary.

Maratha empire, early modern Indian empire that rose in the 17th century and dominated much of the Indian subcontinent during the 18th century. The Marathas were a Marathi-speaking warrior group mostly from what is now the state of Maharashtra in India. They became politically active under the

Maratha Wars, (1775–82, 1803–05, 1817–18), three conflicts between the British and the Maratha confederacy, resulting in the destruction of the confederacy. The first war (1775–82) began with British support for Raghunath Rao’s bid for the office of peshwa (chief minister) of the confederacy. The

Marathi language, Indo-Aryan language of western and central India. Its range extends from north of Mumbai down the western coast past Goa and eastward across the Deccan; in 1966 it became the official language of the state of Maharashtra. The standard form of speech is that of the city of Pune

Marathi literature, body of writing in the Indo-Aryan Marathi language of India. With Bengali literature, Marathi literature is the oldest of the Indo-Aryan literatures, dating to about 1000 ce. In the 13th century, two Brahmanical sects arose, the Mahanubhava and the Varakari Panth, that both

marathon, long-distance footrace first held at the revival of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. It commemorates the legendary feat of a Greek soldier who, in 490 bce, is supposed to have run from Marathon to Athens, a distance of about 40 km (25 miles), to bring news of the Athenian victory over

John Schlesinger: Films of the late 1960s and ’70s: …for the director’s next project, Marathon Man (1976). In that compelling thriller, Hoffman played a Jewish graduate student who by degrees finds himself matching wits with a surpassingly evil Nazi-in-hiding (Laurence Olivier, in an Academy Award-nominated performance) who has slain the student’s brother, a rogue Central Intelligence Agency operative (Roy…

William Goldman: Morgenstern,” and Marathon Man (1974), a thriller that he adapted for the screen two years later. He also wrote one of his best screenplays, an adaptation of the Watergate exposé All the President’s Men (1976), which won him his second Academy Award.

Ouachita Mountains, a rugged range of large hills that continues the Ozark Mountains in the United States. The Ouachita Mountains extend approximately 225 miles (360 km) east to west from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Atoka, Oklahoma, and approximately 50–60 miles (80–95 km) north to south from the

Terry Fox: Through his Marathon of Hope event, a race across Canada, he raised millions of dollars for cancer research.

Marathon Oil Company was a major American petroleum company of the 20th century with a full range of operations, from exploration and production to refining, marketing, and transportation. Its descendant companies were Marathon Petroleum Corporation, headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, engaged in the

Marathon Oil Company: …and other petroleum products; and Marathon Oil Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas, engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil, natural gas, and oil sands. In 2024 Marathon Oil Corporation was acquired by rival oil company ConocoPhillips.

Marathon orogeny, mountain-building event in the Marathon region of western Texas, U.S., during the Late Carboniferous Period (from 318 million to 299 million years ago). Rocks of Early Permian age (from 299 million to 271 million years old) that overlie the Pennsylvanian and older strata in this

Marathon Oil Company: Its descendant companies were Marathon Petroleum Corporation, headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, engaged in the refining and distribution of automotive fuel, engine oil, and other petroleum products; and Marathon Oil Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas, engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil, natural gas, and oil sands. In…

skiing: Nordic skiing: … when he used a “skating” stride, pushing his skis outside the parallel tracks. This innovative style is now used in certain cross-country events. The skating technique requires longer poles and shorter skis than the classic style. It also requires higher boots that give improved ankle support.

Battle of Marathon, (September 490 bce), in the Greco-Persian Wars, decisive battle fought on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica in which the Athenians, in a single afternoon, repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece. Command of the hastily assembled Athenian army was vested in 10

ancient Greek civilization: The Battle of Marathon: …the Marathonian “Four Cities,” or Tetrapolis, was broken up among more than one of the new tribes. Reasonably or unreasonably, Hippias was obviously hoping to establish a kind of political bridgehead here by appealing to old bonds of clientship.

Podostemaceae: …species, northern tropical South America), Marathrum (25 species, Central America and northwestern tropical South America), Podostemum (17 species, worldwide tropics and subtropics), Dicraea (12 species, tropics of Asia and Africa), Hydrobryum (10 species, eastern Nepal, Assam, and southern Japan), Castelnavia (9 species, Brazil), Mourera

Carlo Maratta was one of the leading painters of the Roman school in the later 17th century and one of the last great masters of Baroque classicism. His final works offer an early example of “arcadian good taste” (named for the Academy of Arcadians, of which he was a member), a style that was to

Carlo Maratta was one of the leading painters of the Roman school in the later 17th century and one of the last great masters of Baroque classicism. His final works offer an early example of “arcadian good taste” (named for the Academy of Arcadians, of which he was a member), a style that was to

fern: Annotated classification: Christensenia, Danaea, Eupodium, Marattia, and Ptisana) with about 150 species, widely distributed in tropical regions. Subclass Polypodiidae (leptosporangiate ferns) Order Osmundales Family Osmundaceae

Marattiaceae, the giant fern family (order Marattiales), comprising six genera and some 150 modern species found throughout tropical and subtropical regions. Marattiaceae is the only family in its order, and it is generally considered to be one of the most primitive extant families of ferns.

fern: Annotated classification: Marattiidae Order Marattiales (giant ferns) Family Marattiaceae Leaves pinnately divided, pulvinate (enlarged or swollen at attachment point of leaflets) in living genera, and with well-developed, fleshy stipules (appendages at leaf base); sporangia eusporangiate, in sori, or more or less coalescent in synangia (clusters); homosporous;

plant: Annotated classification: Class Marattiopsida giant ferns Vascular plants; mostly massive, fleshy ferns; leaves pinnately divided, pulvinate (enlarged or swollen at attachment point of leaflets) in extant genera, and with well-developed fleshy stipules (appendages at leaf base); sporangia eusporangiate, in sori, or more or less coalescent in synangia (clusters);…

plant: Annotated classification: Class Marattiopsida giant ferns Vascular plants; mostly massive, fleshy ferns; leaves pinnately divided, pulvinate (enlarged or swollen at attachment point of leaflets) in extant genera, and with well-developed fleshy stipules (appendages at leaf base); sporangia eusporangiate, in sori, or more or less coalescent in synangia (clusters);…

peacock spider, (genus Maratus), genus of nearly 100 species of small, predominantly Australian jumping spiders named for the colorful, intricate mating dance and display of the males. Peacock spiders are found in a variety of habitats in semiarid and temperate regions throughout southern

peacock spider: One species, Maratus griseus, is also found in New Zealand, possibly introduced by humans. Viral photos and videos of peacock spiders on social media have sparked a lot of public interest and ensuing collaboration with scientists, leading to the discovery of many new species; more than 80…

peacock spider: Conservation status: as critically endangered: Maratus sarahae. Endemic to a small area in Sterling Range National Park in Western Australia, the state government declared the spider critically endangered in 2018 after a large wildfire burned their habitat. It is thought that land development, climate change, and controlled burns and wildfires…

peacock spider: Mating and reproduction: At least one species, Maratus vespertilio, also engages in showy contests between males.

B-26, U.S. medium bomber used during World War II. It was designed by the Glenn L. Martin Company Aviation in response to a January 1939 Army Air Forces requirement calling for a fast heavily-armed medium bomber; the result was an exceptionally clean design with a high wing, a torpedo-shaped

coin: Portugal: …Afonso I (1128–85), whose gold maravedis, copied from the gold of the Berber Almoravids, retained certain Arab features in design. Some base silver was also struck. Rights of coinage were, from the start, reserved to the kings, almost exclusively. Peter I (1357–67) reformed the coinage on the basis of the…

Maravi, cluster of nine Bantu-speaking peoples living in the tree-studded grasslands of Malawi and along the lower Zambezi River. The two largest groups are the Chewa (or Cewa) and the Nyanja. Their economy is based mainly on agriculture, corn (maize) being the staple crop. Hunting, fishing, and

Maravi Confederacy, centralized system of government established in southern Africa about 1480. The members of the confederacy were related ethnolinguistic groups who had migrated from the north into what is now central and southern Malaŵi. The confederacy was ruled by a karonga (king), whose

Maravi Confederacy, centralized system of government established in southern Africa about 1480. The members of the confederacy were related ethnolinguistic groups who had migrated from the north into what is now central and southern Malaŵi. The confederacy was ruled by a karonga (king), whose

Mozambique: Relief: …the border with Zimbabwe, the Marávia highlands bordering Zambia, and the Angónia highlands and Lichinga Plateau, which lie, respectively, west and east of Malawi’s protrusion into Mozambique. Mount Binga, the country’s highest elevation at 7,992 feet (2,436 meters), is part of the Chimoio highlands. The 7,936-foot (2,419-meter) peak at Mount…

Pete Maravich was an American basketball player who was the most prolific scorer in the history of Division I men’s college basketball and who helped transform the game in the 1960s and ’70s with his ballhandling and passing wizardry. A spectacular shooting star, Maravich rocketed through college

Pete Maravich was an American basketball player who was the most prolific scorer in the history of Division I men’s college basketball and who helped transform the game in the 1960s and ’70s with his ballhandling and passing wizardry. A spectacular shooting star, Maravich rocketed through college

Marawi, chartered city, capital of Lanao del Sur province, northwest-central Mindanao, Philippines. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Lanao, 3,500 feet (1,100 metres) above sea level, and it is one of the country’s largest cities inhabited by Muslims (Moros). An important trading centre

Germany: Rupert of Germany: …Hesse and Brunswick in the League of Marbach, which included 18 imperial cities. Rupert contended that coalitions of cities were prohibited by the Golden Bull, and he denounced the league as illegal. The dispute was arrested by the mediation of the archbishop of Cologne, but the memory rankled. Rupert’s prospects…

John Marbeck was an English composer, organist, and author, known for his setting of the Anglican liturgy. Marbeck apparently spent most of his life at Windsor, where he was organist at St. George’s Chapel. In 1544 he was sentenced to the stake for heresy but was pardoned through the intervention

marble, small, hard ball that is used in a variety of children’s games and is named after the 18th-century practice of making the toy from marble chips. The object of marble games is to roll, throw, drop, or knuckle marbles against an opponent’s marbles, often to knock them out of a prescribed area

marble, granular limestone or dolomite (i.e., rock composed of calcium-magnesium carbonate) that has been recrystallized under the influence of heat, pressure, and aqueous solutions. Commercially, it includes all decorative calcium-rich rocks that can be polished, as well as certain serpentines

Pilbara: …of Australia’s hottest spots at Marble Bar, where daytime temperatures from October to May often exceed 120 °F (49 °C); in a record heat wave in 1923–24, temperatures reached 100 °F or more on 170 consecutive days.

marble bone disease, rare disorder in which the bones become extremely dense, hard, and brittle. The disease progresses as long as bone growth continues; the marrow cavities become filled with compact bone. Because increased bone mass crowds the bone marrow, resulting in a reduced amount of marrow

The Marble Faun, novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1860. It is one of the works Hawthorne called romances—“unrealistic” stories in exotic settings. The central metaphor of The Marble Faun is a statue of a faun by Praxiteles that Hawthorne had seen in Rome. In the faun’s fusing of animal

William Faulkner: Youth and early writings: …assistance enabled him to publish The Marble Faun, a pastoral verse-sequence in rhymed octosyllabic couplets. There were also early short stories, but Faulkner’s first sustained attempt to write fiction occurred during a six-month visit to New Orleans—then a significant literary centre—that began in January 1925 and ended in early July…

The Marble Faun, novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1860. It is one of the works Hawthorne called romances—“unrealistic” stories in exotic settings. The central metaphor of The Marble Faun is a statue of a faun by Praxiteles that Hawthorne had seen in Rome. In the faun’s fusing of animal

gall wasp: Major species: The marble gall, a green or brown growth about 2.5 cm (1 inch) in diameter, is caused by Andricus kollari.

the Velvet Underground: …Reed, Cale, and Morrison, and The Marble Index (1969), produced by Cale. Also in 1967, Reed dismissed Warhol as the group’s manager. Cale was replaced by Doug Yule in 1968, after the release of White Light/White Heat, an album of extraordinary proto-punk ferocity. The 1950s rhythm-and-blues balladry and pop classicism…

Alice Marble was an American tennis player, known for her powerful serves and volleys, who dominated the women’s game during the late 1930s. Marble was introduced to baseball by an uncle and resolved to become a professional baseball player. Marble’s older brother introduced her to tennis in the

marbled cat, (species Felis marmorata), rare Southeast Asian cat, family Felidae, often referred to as a miniature version of the unrelated clouded leopard. The marbled cat is about the size of a domestic cat; it measures roughly 45–60 cm (18–24 inches) long, excluding a tail of approximately the

godwit: …other North American form, the marbled godwit (L. fedoa), with slightly upturned bill and pinkish brown underwings, is fairly common; it undergoes little seasonal colour change. Slightly smaller is the bar-tailed godwit (L. lapponica), of the Eurasian and Alaskan tundra. Some members of the subspecies L. lapponica bauri are capable…

hatchetfish: …known to aquarists are the marbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata), and the silver hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicula), which is olive above and silver below.

murrelet: Breeding in Alaska are the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), seen as far south as California, and Kittlitz’s murrelet, (B. brevirostris), which reaches Japan. Most southerly is Xantus’s murrelet (Endomychura hypoleucus), which nests on the hot coast of Baja California and (like some gulls of the region) travels north in winter.