In dictionaries:
Beagle Channel
A strait in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina.
beagle puppies
legal beagle
Lawyer skilled in meticulous research.
Beagle Boys
a group of cartoon characters created in 1951 by Carl Barks for the Donald Duck universe.
beagle pain syndrome
Inflammatory disease affecting young beagles.
beagle meningitis
chinese beagle syndrome
HMS Beagle
a 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class.
The Voyage of the Beagle
the title most commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him considerable fame and respect.
Beagle conflict
a border dispute between Chile and Argentina over the possession of Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands and the scope of the maritime jurisdiction associated with those islands that brought the countries to the brink of war in 1978.
Peter S. Beagle
Peter Soyer Beagle (born April 20, 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction.
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