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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Arcella
Britannica 11thARCELLA (C. G. Ehrenberg), a genus of lobose Rhizopoda, characterized by a chitinous plano-convex shell, the circular aperture central on the flat ventral face, and more than one nucleus and contractile vacuole. It can develop vacuoles, or rather fine bubbles ...
Vol. 2, pp. 342-342
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Arcola
Britannica 11thARCOLA, a village of northern Italy, 16 m. E.S.E. of Verona, on the Alpone stream, near its confluence with the Adige below Verona. The village gives its name to the three days' battle of Arcola (isth, i6th and I7th of November 1796), in which the French, unde
Vol. 2, pp. 446-446
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Atella
Britannica 11thATELLA, an ancient Oscan town of Campania, 9 m. N. of Naples and 9 m. S. of Capua, on the road between the two. It was a member of the Campanian confederation, and shared the fortunes of Capua, but remained faithful to Hannibal for a longer time; the great par
Vol. 2, pp. 824-824
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