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  2. Fishing stage - Wikipedia

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    A fishing stage is a wooden vernacular building, typical of the rough traditional buildings associated with the cod fishery in Newfoundland, Canada. Stages are located at the water's edge or "landwash", and consist of an elevated platform on the shore with working tables and sheds at which fish are landed and processed for salting and drying

  3. The Shed (arts center) - Wikipedia

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    The Shed's building at Hudson Yards was ceremonially renamed as the Bloomberg Building after former mayor Bloomberg, who donated $75 million of the structure's predicted $475 million cost. [30] In addition, the Shed signed a contract with Altice USA , who would become the Shed's "exclusive connectivity provider". [ 31 ]

  4. Headington Shark - Wikipedia

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    It took three months to build. [8] The structure is in deliberate contrast with its otherwise ordinary suburban setting. [7] For the occasion of the shark's 21st anniversary in August 2007, it was renovated by the sculptor [1] following earlier complaints about the condition of the sculpture and the house. [9]

  5. Mississippi River - Wikipedia

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    About 375 fish species are known from the Mississippi basin, far exceeding other North Hemisphere river basins exclusively within temperate/subtropical regions, [123] except the Yangtze. [124] Within the Mississippi basin, streams that have their source in the Appalachian and Ozark highlands contain especially many species.

  6. Fish ladder - Wikipedia

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    Pool-and-weir fish ladder at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River Drone video of a fish way in Estonia, on the river Jägala FERC Fish Ladder Safety Sign. A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon, is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as ...

  7. Fish anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fish. ... and into which the eggs are shed. [56] Most normal female fish have two ovaries. In some ...

  8. Crustacean - Wikipedia

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    A shed carapace of a lady crab, part of the hard exoskeleton Body structure of a typical crustacean – krill The body of a crustacean is composed of segments, which are grouped into three regions: the cephalon or head , [ 5 ] the pereon or thorax , [ 6 ] and the pleon or abdomen . [ 7 ]

  9. Make-A-Wish Foundation - Wikipedia

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    President Barack Obama with Make-A-Wish recipient Nick Wetzel and his older brother Stephan on December 9, 2016. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in the United States that helps fulfill the wishes of seriously ill children. [2] Make-A-Wish was founded in 1980 [3] and is headquartered in Phoenix. [2]