NOUN | person | Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson | United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) |
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person | Carson, Kit Carson, Christopher Carson | United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868) |
Sounds | kaa'rsahn; kaa'rzahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964). | |
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Synonyms | Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson | |
Instance of | biologist, life scientist | (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms |
environmentalist, conservationist | someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | |
Spanish | Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson | |
Catalan | Rachel Carson |
Meaning | United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868). | |
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Synonyms | Kit Carson, Christopher Carson | |
Instance of | frontiersman, backwoodsman, mountain man | A man who lives on the frontier |
Spanish | Christopher Carson, Kit Carson | |
Catalan | Carson, Kit Carson |
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