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Shaddock may refer to: Pomelo, fruit Citrus maxima; NATO codenames for Soviet missiles: P-5 Pyatyorka (SS-N-3 Shaddock) SPU-35V Redut (SSC-1B Shaddock) People.
The pomelo (/ ˈ p ɒ m ɪ l oʊ, ˈ p ʌ m-/ POM-il-oh, PUM-; [2] [3] Citrus maxima), also known as a shaddock and from the family Rutaceae, is the largest citrus fruit. It is an ancestor of several cultivated citrus species, including the bitter orange and the grapefruit .
'five'), also known by the NATO codename SS-N-3C Shaddock, is a Cold War era turbojet-powered cruise missile of the Soviet Union, designed by the Chelomey design bureau. The missile entered service in 1959.
Robert William Shaddock (November 15, 1920 – April 22, 1991) was an American professional basketball player. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He appeared in two games for the Syracuse Nationals in the National Basketball League during the 1946–47 season.
One story of the fruit's origin is that a 17th-century trader named 'Captain Shaddock' [1] [31] brought pomelo seeds to Jamaica and bred the first fruit, which were then called shaddocks. [32] The grapefruit then probably originated as a naturally occurring hybrid between the two plants some time after they had been introduced there. [1] [2]
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The Shadoks were bird-like in appearance (in the tradition [citation needed] of cartoon birds they had beaks with teeth), were characterised by ruthlessness and stupidity and inhabited a two dimensional planet.
Streets of Fire is a 1984 American action crime neo-noir film directed by Walter Hill, from a screenplay by Hill and Larry Gross.Described on the poster and in the opening credits as "A Rock & Roll Fable", the film combines elements of the automobile culture and music from the 1950s with the fashion style and sociology of the 1980s. [2]