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Dendrocygna
Dendrocygna, the whistling-ducks or tree ducks (genus Swainson 1837), eight tropical Anseriformes species with whistled calls, long legs, and debated family rank as Dendrocygnidae versus subfamily Dendrocygninae of Anatidae.
Dendrohyrax
Dendrohyrax (tree hyraxes, tree dassies) is a genus of 3–5 kg nocturnal, arboreal afrotherian mammals in Procaviidae, order Hyracoidea, related to elephants; species include D. arboreus, D. dorsalis, D. validus, and the 2022-described D. interfluvialis.
Dendrological Garden "Dzyadok"
Дэндралагічны сад «Дзядок» (Dendrological Garden "Dzyadok"), a 2-hectare garden in Hlybokaye District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus, recorded in OpenStreetMap and one of 19 mapped Belarusian gardens.
Dendrolycopodium
Dendrolycopodium (tree-clubmoss) is a clubmoss genus in Lycopodiaceae, subfamily Lycopodioideae, established by A. Haines in 2003 from Lycopodium; five species including D. obscurum, x=34, stalked terminal strobili.
Dendrolycopodium obscurum
Dendrolycopodium obscurum, flat-branched tree-clubmoss or princess-pine, is a North American clubmoss described by Linnaeus in 1753 as Lycopodium obscurum; tree-like shoots, underground stems, homosporous cones, and confirmed hybridization with D. dendroideum.
Dendronephthya
Dendronephthya (carnation coral) is a genus of about 250 species of non-photosynthetic Nephtheidae soft corals of the Indo-Pacific, feeding on plankton in strong currents, notoriously difficult to identify to species without DNA markers.
Dendropark Drykolle
Дэндрапарк «Дрыколле» (Дендропарк «Дреколье») is a 3-hectare arboretum near the village of Дреколье in Vitsebsk district, Belarus, allocated in 2016 between lakes Дрекольское and Боровское and planted by the Vitebsk forestry enterprise.
Dendropark of the Surazh Forestry
Дэндрапарк Суражскага лясгаса (Surazh forestry dendropark), a 3-hectare botanical dendrological park in Surazh, Vitebsk district, Belarus, run by ГЛХУ «Суражский лесхоз» (founded 1936) and used for school forestry excursions.
Dendrophylax lindenii
Dendrophylax lindenii, the ghost orchid (also palmpolly, frog orchid), is a leafless epiphytic orchid of south Florida and Cuba with green photosynthetic roots, night-fragrant white flowers, hawk moth pollination, and G1/endangered conservation status.
Dendropsophus
Dendropsophus (Fitzinger Neotropical treefrogs, yellow or dwarf treefrogs) is a species-rich Neotropical hylid frog genus, 105–108 species from Mexico to Argentina, divided into nine species groups with many cryptic complexes.
Dendtler Island
Dendtler Island: ice-covered Antarctic island, 26 km long, in the eastern Abbot Ice Shelf between Farwell Island and Fletcher Peninsula at 73°01'S 90°13'W; named 1968 for Major Robert Dendtler of Operation Deep Freeze; also claimed by the Westarctica micronation.
Denduluru Mound
Denduluru Mound (Bhimalingadibba): prehistoric megalithic habitation mound at Denduluru village, Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh; ASI-protected site and sixth-century Vishnukundin capital.
Dendy (Денди) (console)
Dendy (Денди) was an unlicensed Taiwanese-made Famicom clone sold in Russia by Steepler from December 1992 to 1998; UMC chips with NTSC timing on 50 Hz PAL, up to 80% CIS market share.
Dene
Dene: Indigenous Athabaskan-speaking peoples of Canada's western subarctic and Denendeh, part of the Na-Dené family, with modern land claim treaties (Sahtu 1994, Tłı̨chǫ 2005) and the proposed Dené-Yeniseian link to Siberia's Ket.
Dene oral literature
Dene oral literature is the body of stories, histories, and songs transmitted by speech among the Dene, Athabaskan-speaking peoples from the Mackenzie River region to Alaska.
Dené–Caucasian languages
Dené–Caucasian, also called Sino-Caucasian, is a contested macrofamily proposal linking Sino-Tibetan, Na-Dene, Yeniseian, North Caucasian, Basque, and Burushaski; formulated by Sergei Starostin in 1984 and not accepted by mainstream comparative linguistics.
Dené–Yeniseian languages
Dené–Yeniseian is a proposed but unproven genealogical link between the Na-Dené languages of North America and the Yeniseian languages of central Siberia, developed most fully by Edward Vajda between 2006 and 2010.
Denean Howard Hill
Denean Howard Hill (Denean Elizabeth Howard-Hill), American 400m sprinter born 1964 in Sherman, Texas; four-time US Olympic team member who won 4x400m relay gold in 1984 and silvers in 1988 and 1992, with a 49.87 personal best.
Deneb
Deneb, also known as Alpha Cygni, is a blue-white supergiant in the constellation Cygnus, the 19th brightest star in the night sky and a vertex of the Summer Triangle.
Denebola
Denebola, also known as Beta Leonis, is the second-brightest star in Leo, a white A-type main-sequence star about 36 light-years from the Sun, known for its circumstellar dust.
Denée Benton
Denée Benton (born 1991) is an American actress from Eustis, Florida, a Carnegie Mellon graduate known for her Tony-nominated Broadway debut as Natasha in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, roles in Hamilton and Into the Woods, and Peggy Scott in HBO's The Gilded Age.
Denel
Denel is a South African state-owned defense industrial group, formed in 1992 when Armscor's manufacturing business was split off; it makes the G6 howitzer and Rooivalk attack helicopter.
Denel Dynamics
Denel Dynamics, founded as Kentron in 1978, is the missile, unmanned aerial vehicle, and space systems division of Denel, South Africa's state-owned defense group, headquartered in Irene near Pretoria.
Denel NTW-20
The Denel NTW-20, also known as the Mechem NTW-20, is a South African bolt-action anti-materiel rifle designed by Tony Neophytou in the mid-1990s to destroy military equipment.
Denel Rooivalk
The Denel Rooivalk, or Rooivalk, is a South African attack helicopter that entered South African Air Force service in 1999 and first saw combat in the Congo in 2013.
Denes Hnisz
Denes Hnisz, born 1979 in Szolnok, Hungary, is a molecular biologist who leads a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin.
Dénes Kőnig
Dénes Kőnig (1884–1944) was a Hungarian mathematician at the Technical University of Budapest who wrote the first graph theory textbook in 1936 and proved foundational matching results.
Denes Pocsik
Dénes Pócsik (1940–2004), Hungarian water polo player and coach; Olympic gold 1964, bronze 1968, silver 1972; 86 caps 1960–72; 1962 European champion; later coached Kuwait, the Netherlands, Hungary women, and Australia.
Dénes Seres
Dénes Seres is a Romanian politician of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, a Deputy for Sălaj since 2004 and previously a Senator from 1992 to 2004.
Denethor
Denethor II is the last Ruling Steward of Gondor in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, father of Boromir and Faramir, who despairs and burns himself during the siege of Minas Tirith.