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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Antemnae
Britannica 11thANTEMNAE (Lat. ante amnem, sc. Anienem; Varro, Ling. Lot. v. 28), an ancient village of Latium, situated on the W. of the Via Salaria, 2 m. N. of Rome, where the Anio falls into the Tiber. It is said to have been conquered by Romulus after the rape of the Sabi ...
Vol. 2, pp. 92-92
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Antae
Britannica 11thANTAE (a Lat. plural word, possibly from anU, before), an architectural term given to slightly projecting pilaster strips which terminate the winged walls of the naos of a Greek temple. They owe their origin to the vertical posts of timber employed in the prim
Vol. 2, pp. 88-88
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Anteater
Britannica 11thANTEATER, a term applied to several mammals, but (zoologically at any rate) specially indicating the tropical American anteaters of the family Uyrmecopkagidae (see EDENTATA). The typical and largest representative of the group is the great anteater or ant-bear
Vol. 2, pp. 89-89
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