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Bal•ti•more

Pronunciation: (bôl'tu-môr", -mōr"), [key]
—n.
a black nymphalid butterfly, Melitaea phaeton, characterized by orange-red, yellow, and white markings, common in those areas of the northeastern U.S. where turtlehead, the food plant of its larvae, is found.

Bal•ti•more

Pronunciation: (bôl'tu-môr", -mōr"), [key]
—n.
1. David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1975.
2. Lord. See Calvert, Sir George.
3. a seaport in N Maryland, on an estuary near the Chesapeake Bay. 786,775.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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