OVIEDO Y VALDEZ GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE
\ə͡ʊvˈɪdə͡ʊ wˈa͡ɪ vˈaldɛz ɡənzˈɑːlə͡ʊ fɜːnˈandɛz də], \əʊvˈɪdəʊ wˈaɪ vˈaldɛz ɡənzˈɑːləʊ fɜːnˈandɛz də], \əʊ_v_ˈɪ_d_əʊ w_ˈaɪ v_ˈa_l_d_ɛ_z ɡ_ə_n_z_ˈɑː_l_əʊ f_ɜː_n_ˈa_n_d_ɛ_z d_ə]\
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A Spanish historian; born in Madrid in 1478; died in Valladolid in 1557. In 1545 he was appointed historian of the Spanish Indies. The first part of his great work appeared as "General and Natural History of the West Indies", in 1535; the revision of the entire work was completed in 1548. It was once deemed one of the profoundest works on the natural history of America.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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