PILGRIMS, LANDING OF
\pˈɪlɡɹɪmz], \pˈɪlɡɹɪmz], \p_ˈɪ_l_ɡ_ɹ_ɪ_m_z]\
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Tradition has not entirely determined who landed on Plymouth Rock; whether the exploring party of ten men who landed December 11 (old style), or the whole company. It is generally conceded that the first landing occurred at that place, that being the most convenient within sight. Elder Thomas Faunce, in 1741, then ninety-one years old, declared he had heard of it from the oldest planters.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.