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December 25, 2009

Alpenglow

Today’s word of the day is alpenglow, a rosy glow that suffuses snow-covered mountain peaks at dawn or dusk on a clear day.


Photo by Rich Murphy. Used here under a Creative Commons license.

 

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November 20, 2009

Gloaming and the animal identity crisis

The word of the day is gloaming, which means “twilight” or “dusk.”

Today’s list of the day is Animal Identity Crisis, which includes animals who have the name of another type of animal in their common names, such as the elephant bird and the sea cow.

gloaming
Photo by Eric Wüstenhagen and used here under a Creative Commons license.

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