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Grimaldi

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Grimaldi1
n
(Astronomy 190 kilometres in diameter) a large crater in the SE quadrant of the moon, about 190 kilometres in diameter, which is conspicuous because of its dark floor
[named after Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618-63), Italian physicist]
Grimaldi2
n
(Biographies / Grimaldi, Joseph (1779-1837) M, English, THEATRE: actor, THEATRE: clown) Joseph. 1779-1837, English actor, noted as a clown in pantomime


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I can visualize the entire scene--the apelike Grimaldi men huddled in their filthy caves; the huge pterodactyls soaring through the heavy air upon their bat-like wings; the mighty dinosaurs moving their clumsy hulks beneath the dark shadows of preglacial forests--the dragons which we considered myths until science taught us that they were the true recollections of the first man, handed down through countless ages by word of mouth from father to son out of the unrecorded dawn of humanity.
The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
I should say that they were a little higher in the scale of evolution than Ahm, possibly occupying a place of evolution between that of the Neanderthal man and what is known as the Grimaldi race.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The walls were wainscoted half-way up, the wainscot being covered with green baize, the remainder with a bright- patterned paper, on which hung three or four prints of dogs' heads; Grimaldi winning the Aylesbury steeple-chase; Amy Robsart, the reigning Waverley beauty of the day; and Tom Crib, in a posture of defence, which did no credit to the science of that hero, if truly represented.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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