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Behring

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Behring
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1. (Biographies / (German)) Emil (Adolf) von (ˈeːmiːl fɔn). 1854-1917, German bacteriologist, who discovered diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1901
2. (Biographies) See (Vitus) Bering
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Noun1.BehringBehring - Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)
Bering, Vitus Behring, Vitus Bering


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Never, sir; in the northern only, and as much in Behring as in Davis Straits.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
Here they filled their water-barrels and made repairs before starting on the hundred days' harrying of the seal-herd along the northern coasts of Japan to Behring Sea.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
Hudson and Behring accomplished so much in their fishing-boats as to astonish Parry and Franklin, whose equipment exhausted the resources of science and art.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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