Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rosaceous genus of plants, including the quince, etc., now referred to Pyrus.
- noun In entomology, a genus of ladybirds, family Coccinellidæ. Mulsant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of plants including the quince.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Maloideae — thequince . - proper noun planetology An
albedo feature onMars , famous for the “Face on Mars” formation. - proper noun An ancient
city-state on theGreek island ofCrete .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun quince
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Hey, typsie, you were right, that video for "Knights of Cydonia" is pretty damn cool.
August 13th, 2008 jahnji 2008
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WHEN NASA RELEASED the first pictures of the region of Mars called Cydonia, taken by the orbiting Viking I in 1976, even the agency's own researchers joked that the little blur in the corner looked a heck of a lot like a face.
A Mars Makeover 2008
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Oh, and while we're at it, there's this region on Mars called Cydonia . . .
Archive 2006-03-01 Mac 2006
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I'll take the opportunity to note that the fruit is ultimately named for the Cretan town called Cydonia in ancient times, now known as Khania, a very nice place that I highly recommend to travelers.
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Such complex looking landforms in the Cydonia region are thought to be the result of landslides and erosion of the ancient Martian crust.antwrp. gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060926. html
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Last week, the Mars Express project released a new close-up image of a portion of the Cydonia region on Mars.
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Cydonia: The face - November 2, 2009 added by atkinson | Images mcs+ to rate
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The nice thing about this line is that you can extend it to Cape Canaveral, where you can then have an intermodal station to transfer from HSR to a spaceship that will take you to Mars, finally enabling Tampa-Cydonia commuting.
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Explanation: The unusual stone mesas of the Cydonia region on Mars are quite striking in appearance.
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Log in to Reply miikee90 (UID#6887) on November 24th, 2009 at 1: 28 pm looks like Cydonia in Mars
Water Discovered in Moon Shadow, AND A FACE | My[confined]Space 2009
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