enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Peccary - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccary

    In Spanish, it is called javelina, jabalí (a word also used to describe wild boar), sajino, or pecarí. The word javelina derives from the Spanish word for "wild boar". [7] In French Guiana and Suriname, the animal is called pakira. The scientific name Tayassuidae derives from the same source as the Portuguese tajaçu. [8]

  3. List of food origins - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_origins

    Helmeted guinea fowl in tall grass. Many foods were originally domesticated in West Africa, including grains like African rice, Pearl Millet, Sorghum, and Fonio; tree crops like Kola nut, used in Coca-Cola, and Oil Palm; and other globally important plant foods such as Watermelon, Tamarind, Okra, Black-eye peas, and Yams. [2]

  4. Category:Fruits originating in Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fruits...

    Edible fruits originating from the flora of Africa; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. W. Watermelons (18 P) Pages in category "Fruits ...

  5. Javelina bites woman’s leg during fight with her dogs ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/javelina-bites-woman-leg-during...

    A 68-year-old woman was bitten by a javelina as it fought with her dogs in southern Arizona, wildlife officials said. The javelina bit the woman from Pearce on the shin, the Arizona Game & Fish ...

  6. Quetzalcoatlus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus

    Quetzalcoatlus (/ k ɛ t s əl k oʊ ˈ æ t l ə s /) is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in North America. The type specimen, recovered in 1971 from the Javelina Formation of Texas, United States, consists of several wing fragments and was described as Quetzalcoatlus northropi in 1975 by Douglas Lawson.

  7. History of Africa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Africa

    Many countries followed in the 1950s and 1960s, with a peak in 1960 with the Year of Africa, which saw 17 African nations declare independence, including a large part of French West Africa. Most of the remaining countries gained independence throughout the 1960s, although some colonizers (Portugal in particular) were reluctant to relinquish ...

  8. Javelin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin

    The Numidians were indigenous tribes of northwest Africa. The Numidian cavalry was a light cavalry usually operating as skirmishers. The Numidian horseman was armed with a small shield and several javelins. The Numidians had a reputation as swift horsemen, cunning soldiers and excellent javelin throwers.

  9. Quiz - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz

    A quiz is a form of mind sport in which people attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby .