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   Kaspar Friedrich Wolff
         n 1: German anatomist (1733-1794) [syn: {Wolff}, {Kaspar
               Friedrich Wolff}]

English Dictionary: kookaburra by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kasparov
n
  1. Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)
    Synonym(s): Kasparov, Gary Kasparov, Gary Weinstein
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Kogia breviceps
n
  1. small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America
    Synonym(s): pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kookaburra
n
  1. Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry [syn: kookaburra, laughing jackass, Dacelo gigas]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sperm whale \Sperm" whale`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A very large toothed whale ({Physeter macrocephalus}), having
      a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth.
      In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a
      large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This
      whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet.
      It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called
      also {cachalot}, and {spermaceti whale}.
  
      {Pygmy sperm whale} (Zo[94]l.), a small whale ({Kogia
            breviceps}), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical
            seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called
            also {snub-nosed cachalot}.
  
      {Sperm-whale porpoise} (Zo[94]l.), a toothed cetacean
            ({Hypero[94]don bidens}), found on both sides of the
            Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about
            twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and
            thick. Called also {bottle-nosed whale}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Keyesport, IL (village, FIPS 39753)
      Location: 38.74074 N, 89.27699 W
      Population (1990): 440 (250 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62253

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   KISS Principle /kis' prin'si-pl/ n.   "Keep It Simple, Stupid".
   A maxim often invoked when discussing design to fend off {creeping
   featurism} and control development complexity.   Possibly related to
   the {marketroid} maxim on sales presentations, "Keep It Short and
   Simple".
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   KISS Principle
  
      /kis' prin'si-pl/ Keep It Simple, Stupid.
  
      A maxim often invoked when discussing design to fend off
      {creeping featurism} and control complexity of development.
      Possibly related to the {marketroid} maxim on sales
      presentations, "Keep It Short and Simple".
  
      See also {Occam's Razor}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1994-11-18)
  
  
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