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ape
Any of the tailless, anthropoid primates of two families: Hylobatidae (the lesser apes: gibbons and siamangs) and Pongidae (the great apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and gorillas). Apes are found in the tropical forests of W and central Africa and SE Asia. They are distinguished from monkeys by having no tail, having an appendix, and having a more complex brain. Apes typically move about by swinging, and they tend to stand erect, occasionally walking on two feet. Highly intelligent animals, apes are more closely related to humans than are any other living primates. As a result of habitat destruction and hunting, all the apes are now regarded as endangered.


carpel
One of the leaflike, seed-bearing structures that constitute the innermost whorl of a flower. One or more carpels make up the pistil. Fertilization of an egg within a carpel by a pollen grain from another flower results in seed development within the carpel.


Casper
City (pop., 1996 est.: 49,000), E central Wyoming, on the N. Platte River. Founded in 1888, it was located on the Oregon Trail and the Pony Express route. The discovery of oil in the 1890s began an oil boom, and the oilfields of the Teapot Dome Scandal were located nearby. Casper's economy is based on the production of oil and natural gas and the manufacture of oilfield equipment. Mining (uranium, coal, bentonite) and cattle and sheep raising also are important.


Daudet
French short-story writer and novelist. He wrote his first novel at 14. Unable to finish his schooling after his parents lost all their money, he took a post in a duke's household. He later joined the army, but fled the terrors of the Paris Commune of 1871. His health was long undermined by poverty and by the venereal disease that eventually cost him his life. He is remembered for his humorous, sentimental portrayals of the life and characters of S France, inspired by his experiences at many social levels. His many works include the story collection Monday Tales (1873), the play L'Arl\u00e9 sienne (1872), the novels The Nabob (1877) and Sappho (1884), and several volumes of memoirs. His son, L\u00e9 on Daudet (1867-1942), edited with C. Maurras the reactionary review L'Action Fran\u00e7 aise and was a virulent satirist and polemicist on the subjects of medicine and psychology as well as public affairs.


dauphin
Title of the eldest son of a king of France, the heir apparent to the French crown, from 1350 to 1830. The title was established through the purchase of lands known as the Dauphin\u00e9 in 1349 by the future Charles V.


drupe
Fruit in which the outer layer is a thin skin, the middle layer is thick and usually fleshy (though sometimes tough, as in the almond, or fibrous, as in the coconut), and the inner layer (the pit) is hard and stony. Within the pit is usually one seed. In aggregate fruits such as the raspberry and blackberry ...

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