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noun : ROSS
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856) ;
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2. (
) British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) ;
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3. (
) British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) ;
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4. (
) a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977) ;
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5. (
) American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) ;
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