PHINEAS CAMP HEADLEY
\fˈɪni͡əz kˈamp hˈɛdlɪ], \fˈɪniəz kˈamp hˈɛdlɪ], \f_ˈɪ_n_iə_z k_ˈa_m_p h_ˈɛ_d_l_ɪ]\
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An American Congregational divine and miscellaneous writer, brother of Joel T.; born at Walton, N. Y., June 24, 1819. He has written: "Women of the Bible" (1850); "Lives" of Josephine (1850), Kossuth (1852), Lafayette (1855), Mary Queen of Scots (1856), etc.; a series of "Heroes of the Rebellion" (Grant, Ericsson, Farragut, Sherman, etc.: (1864-65); "Court and Camp of David" (1868). Died at Lexington, Mass., Jan. 5, 1903.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.