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homer
Liver Liv"er, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG. lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. ? fat, E. live, v.] (Anat.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates. Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side. See Bile, Digestive, and Glycogen. The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of c[ae]cal tubes, and differs materially, in form and function, from that of vertebrates. Floating liver. See Wandering liver, under Wandering. Liver of antimony, Liver of sulphur. (Old Chem.) See Hepar. Liver brown, Liver color, the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown. Liver shark (Zo["o]l.), a very large shark (Cetorhinus maximus), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water. Called also basking shark, bone shark, hoemother, homer, and sailfish
homer
Hoemother Hoe"moth`er, n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel. h[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.
Homer
Homer Hom"er, n. (Zo["o]l.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
Homer
Homer Ho"mer, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Hoemother.
Homer
Homer Ho"mer, n. [Heb. kh[=o]mer.] A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]

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- surrounding Homer's life, they indicate little more than the centrality of Homer to ancient Gr**** culture. Some ancient accounts about Homer were established...
- Homer Jay Simpson is the main protagonist of the American animated television series The Simpsons and patriarch of the titular Simpson family. Homer made...
- His books have been translated into many languages. Homer H. Hickam Jr. is the second son of Homer Sr. and Elsie Gardener Hickam (née Lavender). He was...
- Homer". DangerousMinds. January 30, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2023. Lynch, E. D. W. (February 22, 2014). "The Story, A 1969 Short Film by Homer Groening...
- Homer City Generating Station is a decommissioned 2-GW coal-burning power station near Homer City, in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is owned by...
- Press. Fowler, R. (2004b). "The poet's craft". The Cambridge Companion to Homer. Cambridge University Press. Hammond, M., ed. (1987). Homer, The Iliad. Penguin...
-  52–57. Homer 1975, 20.103–104. Homer 1975, 21.414. Kundmueller 2013, p. 7. Homer 1975, 2.143–145. Homer 1975, 15.155–159. Homer 1975, 19.136. Homer 1975...
- vacations. Homer was born in Boston, M****achusetts, on February 24, 1836, the second of three sons of Charles Savage Homer and Henrietta Maria Benson Homer, both...
- especially his father; John Hickam, who strictly wanted Homer to work in the mines. Homer teams up with math g**** Quentin Wilson, who shares an interest...
- history. Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent was born on August 21, 1962, the oldest of three children of Barbara (née McLeod) and Homer Gaston Bessent Jr., a...