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Baltimore

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[ bawl-tuh-mawr, -mohr ]

noun

  1. 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.


Baltimore

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[ bawl-tuh-mawr, -mohr ]

noun

  1. David, born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
  2. a seaport in N Maryland, on an estuary near the Chesapeake Bay.

Baltimore

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/ ˈɔːɪˌɔː /

noun

  1. a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Baltimore

2

/ ˈɔːɪˌɔː /

noun

  1. BaltimoreDavid1938MUSSCIENCE: biologist David . born 1938, US molecular biologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1975) for his discovery of reverse transcriptase
  2. BaltimoreLord Lord . See Calvert
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Baltimore

/ ôə-ô′ /

  1. American microbiologist who discovered the enzyme reverse transcriptase, which is capable of passing information from RNA to DNA. Prior to this discovery, it was assumed that information could flow only from DNA to RNA. He won a 1975 Nobel Prize for his research into the connection between viruses and cancer.

Baltimore

  1. Largest city in Maryland .
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Named after Lord Baltimore, founder of the colony of Maryland. The city is a major industrial center and port.
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Baltimore Ravens: Edge Shemar Stewart, Texas A&M — Baltimore’s defense came on late last season, and the Ravens need to beef up what traditionally has been their signature.

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The muses helped lead her to the prestigious Peabody Institute in Baltimore, where she became its youngest pupil at the age of five.

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On March 26, 2024, a 948-foot-long cargo vessel lost power as it left Baltimore’s port and rammed into a support pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, shattering the structure almost instantly.

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It’s an odd turn from members of a faith that has relied on immigrants to replenish it since the days of Lord Baltimore.

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District Judge Adam Abelson in Baltimore blocked the orders, but last week a three-judge panel on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the orders can be enforced.

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