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The Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Genetically within the family of pigeons and doves , it was most closely related to the also extinct dodo of the nearby island Mauritius , the two forming the subfamily Raphinae .
El Solitario in 1972. Roberto González Cruz (May 22, 1946 – April 6, 1986) was a Mexican professional wrestler who wrestled under the name El Solitario. [1] During his career he held both the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Middleweight Championship.
The approximate center of the Solitario is located 56.8 km (35.3 mi) east southeast of Presidio, Texas, just west of the line dividing Brewster County, Texas and Presidio County, Texas. The formation covers a circular area of approximately 135 km 2 (52 sq mi). The geology of the Solitario is complex. In 1988, the state of Texas purchased the ...
The solitary snipe breeds discontinuously in the mountains of eastern Asia, in eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Many birds are sedentary in the high mountains, or just move downhill in hard weather, but others are migratory, wintering in northeast Iran, Pakistan, northern India, Bangladesh, eastern China, Korea, Japan and Sakhalin.
The solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small shorebird. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific solitaria is Latin for "solitary" from solus, "alone". [2]
Spider is a type of patience game, [1] [2] and is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games. The game originated in 1949, and its name comes from a spider's eight legs, referencing the eight foundation piles that must be filled in order to win.
Ernesto Solitario (born July, 1838) was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in Naples. He was born in San Giorgio La Molara , Province of Benevento . He studied art in the Academy of Naples and received a stipend from the province.
Apostates solitaria (Christoph, 1887) Apostates is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1897. Its only species, ...