BALTIMORE


Meaning of BALTIMORE in English

/bawl"teuh mawr', -mohr'/ , n.

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.

[ see BALTIMORE ORIOLE ]

/bawl"teuh mawr', -mohr'/ , n.

1. David , born 1938, U.S. microbiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1975.

2. Lord . See Calvert, Sir George .

3. a seaport in N Maryland, on an estuary near the Chesapeake Bay. 786,775.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .