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Asia Minor
A peninsula of western Asia between the Mediterranean and the lack seas. It includes a large segment of modern-day Turkey.
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Archeology, Archaeology
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minor planet
One of a family of stony objects mostly orbiting between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
They probably represent planetesimals that failed to form a planet.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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minor worker
A member of the smallest worker subcaste; especially, in ants.
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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Ursa Minor, Little Bear
The "Little Dipper" or small constellation of the northern hemisphere. It is shaped like a dipper, with the bright north pole star Polaris at the end of the handle.
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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
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