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Trollhättan Assembly Trollhättan Assembly is a General Motors automobile factory in Trollhättan, Sweden. The factory opened in 1947 under the ownership of Saab, then passing to Saab Automobile, prior to the GM takeover, in about 1990.
Trolling * "Trolling for fish" is a form of angling where lines with hook-rigged lures are dragged behind a boat to entice fish to bite. Compare the term "Trawling for fish," which involves dragging a net behind a boat to catch large numbers of fish.
Trolling motor A trolling motor is a small engine affixed to the bow or stern of an angler's boat that provides a source of power for slowly trolling a lure or natural bait through water where fish are sought, or to allow for precision maneuvering of the boat so that the Angler can more effectively cast his bait to where the fish are located.
Trolling tandem streamer fly A trolling tandem streamer fly is a style of fishing fly designed to be fished behind a moving boat. Trolling is a form of fishing where the fisherman sits or stands in a moving boat and allows his lure or bait to swim in the water.
Trollius asiaticus The Asian Globeflower (Trollius asiaticus) is a ornamental plant of the family Ranunculaceae, which is native of Asia and Europe. This plant usually grows in wet places, specially in grasslands and forests, and it has a tall more than 20 cm.
Trollkyrka Trollkyrka ("Troll's church") () is a secluded butte-like rock in the heart of the National Park of Tiveden, Sweden, which served as a pagan sacrificial ground (horgr, see also blĂłt). It may have been used as late as the 19th century, when popular tradition still held the mountain to be off-limits for Christians.
Trollmann Av Ildtoppberg Trollmann Av Ildtoppberg is a band from the UK. They are most often classified as a drone doom metal band, however they are also influenced by dark ambient music artists such as Burzum and Mortiis, and funeral doom metal bands such as Thergothon and Skepticism.
Trollslayer (book) Trollslayer, a book written by William King, is the first in a series of so far eight books following the adventures of Gotrek and Felix. The book is written in an episodic format, with each chapter featuring a different adventure with different supporting characters and different villains.
Trollywood (film) Trollywood is a 2004 documentary film about homelessness, directed by first-time British filmmaker Madeleine Farley, previously an artist and cartoonist. The film was nominated for Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Awards 2004 (but lost to Touching the Void), but won for Best Documentary at the Cinemanila International Film Festival.
Trom agus Éadrom Trom agus Éadrom () was a bilingual television variety show which was broadcast in Ireland by Radio Telefís Éireann in the 1970s. The show was presented by Liam Ó Murchú and, in spite of the bilingual aspect of the programme, was one of the more popular shows on Irish television.
Troma Entertainment Troma is a film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces low-budget, independent movies, many of which have developed cult followings around the world.
TromaDance TromaDance is an independent film festival organized by Troma Films and held annually in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. It was created as an alternative to the Sundance Film Festival, because the organizers felt that Sundance had become too "Hollywood" by charging high entry fees, showing multi-million-dollar "independent" movies, and limiting attendance.
Trombe wall A Trombe wall is a sun-facing wall built from material that can act as a thermal mass (such as stone, concrete, adobe or water tanks), combined with an air space, insulated glazing and vents to form a large solar thermal collector.
Trombone The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, it is a lip-reed aerophone – sound is produced when the player’s buzzing lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate.
Tromboon The tromboon (also called a babone) is a musical instrument made up of the reed and bocal of the bassoon attached to the body of a trombone instead of the trombone mouthpiece, combining the "worst" aspects of each instrument, a reed and a slide. The name of the instrument is a portmanteau of "trombone" and "bassoon".
Tromelin Island Tromelin Island (French: Île Tromelin ) is a low, flat one km² island in the Indian Ocean, about 350 km east of Madagascar (Geographic coordinates ). There are no harbours or anchorages and access by sea is difficult.
Tromeo and Juliet Tromeo and Juliet is a cult-classic film released in 1996 by the famed B-movie production company, Troma pictures. Famous for mixing the high and low brow, the film contains glorified violence, hyper-sexuality and the trademark Troma B-Movie style, wrapped around a Shakespearean template.
Trommel A trommel (from the Dutch word for drum, "trommel") is a screened cylinder used to separate materials by size - for example, separating the biodegradable fraction of mixed municipal waste or separating different sizes of crushed stone.
Tromp class destroyer The Tromp Class were two destroyers built for the Royal Netherlands Navy during the 1970's. Officially classified as frigates, the two Tromp class destroyers entered service in 1975 and 1976 and served until 1999 and 2001.
Trompe l'oeil Trompe-l'Ĺ“il is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects really exist, instead of being just two-dimensional paintings. The name is derived from (French for "trick the eye", from tromper - to deceive and l'Ĺ“il - the eye; IPA pronunciation []).
Trompenburgh Trompenburgh is a 17th century house in 's-Graveland, North Holland, Netherlands, built for Admiral Maarten Tromp, one of the naval heroes of the Dutch Republic. The house is almost entirely surrounded by water and was built to resemble a ship, even with decks and railings.
Trompeta china The trompeta china, a Cuban traditional wind instrument, is actually the Chinese suona, an instrument in the oboe family introduced to Cuba by Chinese immigrants during the colonial period (specifically the late nineteenth century).
Trompette militaire The trompette militaire is a loud majestic sounding organ stop, with brassy, penetrating tone. It is noted for its installation in Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, on the fifth manual of the Henry Willis Organ in St Paul's Cathedral, London, and in the 1968 rebuild of the organ of Exeter Cathedral.
Troms Troms is a county in northern Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland.
Tromsø Bridge Tromsø Bridge (Tromsøbrua) is a cantilever road bridge that crosses Tromsøysundet from Tromsdalen on the mainland to Tromsøya and the town of Tromsø in Troms county, Norway. It is 1016 metres long, the longest span is 80 metres, and the clearance to the sea is 38 metres.
Tromsø Cathedral Tromsø Cathedral (Tromsø domkirke) in Tromsø, Norway is the seat for the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland, the only Norwegian cathedral made in wood, and an unusual example of wooden Gothic revival. It is likely to be the northernmost Protestant cathedral in the world.
Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon is a Midnight Sun Marathon hosted by the Norwegian city Tromsø in June each year. It started in 1990 and has runners from most of the world, attracted by its special feature of running in the midnight sun.
Tromsøya Tromsøya is a minor island in the strait between the mainland and Kvaløya in Tromsø municipality, Troms, Norway. It contains the city centre and several residential areas of the city of Tromsø and has given the city its name.
Tron (film) Tron is a 1982 Walt Disney Productions science fiction film starring Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn (and his counterpart inside the electronic world, Clu), Bruce Boxleitner as Alan Bradley (and Tron), Cindy Morgan as Lora Baines (and Yori) and Dan Shor as Ram. David Warner plays the villain, Ed Dillinger (and Sark), as well as providing the voice of the 'Master Control Program'.
Tron (hacker) Boris Floricic, better known by his pseudonym Tron (June 8, 1972 – 17-22 October, 1998) was a German hacker and phreaker whose death in unclear circumstances has led to various conspiracy theories. He is also known for his diploma thesis presenting one of the first public implementations of a telephone with built-in voice encryption, the "Cryptophon".
Trona Trona, hydrated sodium bicarbonate carbonate (Na3HCO3CO3·2H2O), is an evaporite mineral. It is mined as the primary source of sodium carbonate in the United States, where it has replaced the Solvay process used in most of the rest of the world for sodium carbonate production .
Trona, California Trona, a town in San Bernardino County, California, corresponds to the census-designated place (CDP) known as Searles Valley. Trona is at the western edge of Searles Lake, a dry lakebed at the bottom of in Searles Valley, southwest of Death Valley.
Trond Egil Soltvedt Trond Egil Soltvedt (born February 15 1967) is a former footballer from Norway. He played in England with Southampton as well as Sheffield Wednesday, which he captained from 2001 to 2003 before returning to Norway.
Trond Helleland Trond Helleland (born 10 July, 1962 in Kvam, Hordaland) is a Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party. He is currently a representative of Buskerud in the Storting, he was first elected in 1997.
Trondenes Church Trondenes Church is the northernmost Medieval stone church of Norway, situated in Harstad. Though frequently mentioned as a 13th century church, dating based on dendrochronology places its completion shortly after 1434.
Trondheim Bilruter Trondheim Bilruter or TBR was a municapally owned bus company in Trondheim, Norway between 1951 and 1974. It was merged with the tram operators Trondheim Sporvei and A/S Graakalbanen in 1974 to form Trondheim Trafikkselskap.
Trondheim Business School Trondheim Business School (Norwegian: Trondheim Økonomiske Høgskole) or TØH is a faculty of Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST) in Trondheim, Norway that provides economics and business management education. The school was founded in 1967 as an independent university college, but in 1994 it and seven other university colleges in Trondheim merged to form HiST.
Trondheim Central Station Trondheim Central Station (Norwegian: Trondheim Sentralstasjon) or Trondheim S is the main railway station serving the city of Trondheim in Norway. The station is the terminus of both Dovrebanen and Nordlandsbanen.
Trondheim Hammer Dance Originally a spoken-word description of an imaginary Norwegian dance: "Zees vos zer TRONDHEIM HAMMER DONCE, vich ees herrd every tventy-five minutes in the town of Trondheim, in vich zee old ladies are stuck around zer head veeth round stick, or KNURTEL."
Trondheim International School Trondheim International School ("This") was founded by a group of parents, teachers and businessmen who decided that they wanted an alternative to the public schools. Thus, they founded "This" and it has since then grown.
Trondheim katedralskole Trondheim katedralskole (The Trondheim Cathedral School) is a secondary school in the center of Trondheim, next to the Nidaros Cathedral. The school was founded in approximately 1152 and is hence the oldest school in Norway.
Trondheim Toll Scheme Trondheim Toll Scheme or Trondheim Package (Norwegian: Trondheimspakken) was the result of that in the 1980s politicans and road authorities in Trondheim, Norway wanted to excelerate the investments in roads and motorways around the city through an investment package and toll scheme to ease construction and generate more funds. Between 1991 and 2005 there were more than 20 toll plazas throughout the city that help finance the new roads.
Trondheim Trafikkselskap Trondheim Trafikkselskap or TT was the city public transport company for Trondheim, Norway between 1974 and 2001 when it merged with Hemne og Orkdal Bilruter to create Team Trafikk, now owned by Nettbuss. Trondheim Trafikkselskap was owned by the Municipality of Trondheim and operated both buses and, until 1988, the Trondheim Tramway.
Trondheim Tramway Museum Trondheim Tramway Museum is a tram museum located in Trondheim, Norway. The museum offers in addition to a display of the tramway history of Trondheim also heritage trips with old trams on the sole remains of the tramway in Trondheim, GrĂĄkallbanen.
Trondheimsfjord The Trondheimsfjord (Trondheimsfjorden), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord, 130 km long, in the west central part of the country. It stretches from Ørland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way.
Tronji Tronji will be a 30-part series for children aged six to eight years, involving two worlds that co-exist: the Tronji world, and the real world. The series will blend live action filming of real children with a computer-generated environment.
Tronus Abyss Tronus Abyss is a cult "electro-apocalyptic" band from Italy. They started out in 1997 with a quite plain symphonic black metal album ("The King of Angel in the Abyss"), but in 1999 they recorded "Rotten Dark", an album crossing the boundaries of extreme music and redefining new styles.
Troon Troon is a town in South Ayrshire, Scotland (and also a village on the outskirts of Camborne in Cornwall). It is situated on the west coast, about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of Glasgow Prestwick International Airport.
Troon Tornadoes The Troon Tornadoes are one of Scotland's leading amateur basketball clubs, competing in First Division of the Scottish Basketball League. They are based in the town of Troon, South Ayrshire, and play out of the sports hall at Marr College.
Troop 47 Troop 47 is an American contemporary rock band, predominantly known for its wild stage antics, catchy pop rock, lengthy jams, and a penchant for substance abuse, which led to popularity with the college-rock scene from 1999-2005.
Troop sleeper In United States railroad terminology, a troop sleeper was a railroad passenger car which had been constructed to serve as something of a mobile barracks (essentially, a sleeping car) for transporting troops over distances sufficient to require overnight accommodations. This method allowed part of the trip to be made overnight, reducing the amount of transit time required and increasing travel efficiency.
Troop Sport Troop Sport was a clothing company, founded in 1985, by Teddy and Harvey Held, two Jewish brothers and Howard Kim who was Korean. The clothing line was intended to target young men in urban areas, particularly those who were Latino and African-American.
Troopergate Troopergate is the popular name of an alleged scandal involving allegations by two Arkansas state troopers that they arranged sexual liaisons for then-governor Bill Clinton. The allegations by state troopers Larry Patterson and Roger Perry were first reported by David Brock in the American Spectator in 1993.
Trooping the Colour Trooping the Colour is a military pageant or ceremony performed by regiments of the Commonwealth and the British Army. It has been a tradition of British infantry regiments for centuries and it was first performed during the reign of Charles II.
Troops Out Now Coalition The Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC) is a United States anti-war organization, which describes itself as "a national grassroots coalition of antiwar activists, trade unionists, solidarity activists and community organizers." It was founded on December 3, 2004 upon the decision of A.
Troopship A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime. Operationally, troopships are normal ships, and unlike landing ships, cannot land troops directly on shore, typically loading and unloading at a seaport.
Trop belle pour toi Trop belle pour toi, also known as Too Beautiful for You in the USA, is a 1989 French comedy/drama film in which GĂ©rard Depardieu, well established car dealer, is cheating on his beautiful wife (Carole Bouquet) with his secretary (Josiane Balasko).
Tropaeolaceae Tropaeolaceae is a small family of three genera and about 80-90 species of soft, scrambling herbaceous plants. One genus, Tropaeolum, popularly known as the nasturtiums, includes several popular garden flowers, as well as an important food plant, the mashua.
Tropaeolum peregrinum Tropaeolum peregrinum is a species of climbing plant also known as the canary creeper, canarybird flower, canarybird vine, or canary nasturtium. The species originated in South America however it is a popular garden plant in many parts of the world.
Tropaeum Traiani The Tropaeum Traiani is a tropaeum in Adamclisi, Romania, built in 109 to commemorate Roman Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians, in 102, in the Battle of Tapae. The original monument has long since disintegrated.
Tropaion A tropaion (Latin tropaeum, whence English "trophy") is an ancient Greek and later Roman monument set up to commemorate a victory over one's foes. Typically this takes the shape of a tree (or, in later times, a pair of stakes set crosswise) upon which is hung the arms of a defeated and dead foe.
Tropane Tropane (8-methyl-8-aza-bicyclo[1,2,3]octane) is a nitrogenous bicyclic organic compound with chemical formula 815. It is mainly known for a group of alkaloids derived from it (called tropane alkaloids), which include, among others, atropine and cocaine.
Troparion A troparion (also tropar, plural: troparia) in Byzantine music and in the religious music of Eastern Orthodoxy is a short hymn of one stanza, or one of a series of stanzas (this may carry the further connotation of a hymn interpolated between psalm verses).
Tropas NĂłmadas The Tropas NĂłmadas (Nomad Troops) were an auxiliary regiment to the colonial army in Spanish Sahara (today Western Sahara). Composed of Sahrawi tribesmen, the Tropas NĂłmadas were equipped with small arms and led by Spanish officers, guarding outposts and sometimes conducting patrols on camel back.
Trophallaxis Trophallaxis is the regurgitation of food by one animal for another. It is most highly developed in social insects such as the ants, in which individual colony members store food in their crops and regularly exchange it with other colony members and larvae to form a sort of "communal stomach" for the hive.
Trophée des Bicentenaires To celebrate the bi-centenaries of Australia and France, in 1988 and 1989 respectively, the French Rugby Union donated the Trophée des Bicentenaires to be played in perpetuity between the two countries. It is a bronze sculpture featuring two players in a tackle.
Trophée Eric Bompard Trophée Eric Bompard is an annual elite figure skating competition which takes place in Paris, France. It usually takes place in November, and is the fourth of six international qualifying events in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series.
Tropheryma whipplei Tropheryma whipplei is the causative organism of Whipple's disease. Whipple himself probably observed the organisms as rod-shaped structures with silver stain in his original case, but no name was given to the organism until 1991 when the name Tropheryma whippelii was proposed after sections of the bacterial genome were sequenced.
Trophies of Damascus Trophies of Damascus was a 7th century anti Jewish track written between 661 and 681 AD which presents an eye-witness accounts to the events that took place around that time period in the Middle East. It categorizes the nascent Saracens (Muslim) tribes as part of an alliances of Jewish clans fighting against the Byzantine Christians in contradiction to later accounts from traditional Islamic sources.
Trophimus Trophimus, meaning a foster-child, was an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; 21:29). He was with Paul in Jerusalem, and the Jews, supposing that the apostle had brought him with him into the temple, raised a tumult which resulted in Paul's imprisonment.
Trophonius Trophonius (the Latinate spelling) or Trophonios (in the transliterated Greek spelling) was a Greek hero or daimon or god - it was never certain which one - with a rich mythological tradition and an oracular cult at Lebadaea in Boeotia.
Trophy wife Trophy wife is a highly pejorative term, usually applied to a physically attractive younger woman married to a man who has observed a high level of success, be it physical, financial, or otherwise. Usually, the Trophy Wife is not the first wife of the man who has a high level of success and has little to do with the achievement of that success.
Tropic Island Hum Tropical Island Hum, released in 2004, is Paul McCartney's second animation film for children.Geoff Dunbar Interview Retrieved: November 23 2006 The sound track reached the top 20 in the UK, McCartney's first UK top 20 since 'Young boy' in 1997.
Tropic of Cancer The Tropic of Cancer (cancer is Latin for crab), or Northern tropic is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is the parallel of latitude that lies currently 23° 26′ 22″ north of the Equator.
Tropic of Cancer (novel) Tropic of Cancer is a novel by Henry Miller, first published in 1934 by Obelisk Press in Paris and still in print (Grove Press 1987 paperback: ISBN 0-8021-3178-6). Its publication in 1961 in the United States by Grove Press led to an obscenity trial that was one of several that tested American laws on pornography in the 1960s.
Tropic of Capricorn The Tropic of Capricorn or Southern tropic is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It is the parallel of latitude at 23° 26′ 21,48″ south of the Equator, and is the farthest southern latitude that the sun can appear directly overhead, occurring on the December solstice.
Tropical (radio format) Tropical is essentially a catch-all term for modernized Latin music emanating from the Caribbean -- places like Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic (though not the inland areas of Mexico). Salsa, merengue, and cumbia are the most popular rhythms in tropical music, although it includes ballads as well as uptempo dance numbers.
Tropical agriculture Worldwide more human beings gain their livelihood from agriculture than any other endeavor; the majority are self-employed subsistence farmers living in the tropics. While growing food for local consumption is the core of tropical agriculture, Cash crops (normally crops grown for export) are also included in the definition.
Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest biome, also known as tropical dry forest, is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-round, and may receive several hundred centimeters of rain per year, they deal with long dry seasons which last several months and vary with geographic location.
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands are a grassland biome located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and tropical latitudes. Grasslands are dominated by grass and other herbaceous plants.
Tropical Andes The Tropical Andes is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International which covers several montane and alpine ecoregions along the northern and central Andes range of South America, extending across portions of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.
Tropical Astrology Tropical Astrology is a type of astrology based on a zodiac whose points of reference are the tropics. The word tropic comes from the Greek for "turning point," and originally meant the point at which the sun at sunrise and sunset appears to turn, and to move north along the horizon after the winter solstice or south after the summer solstice.
Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI) is an autonomous Institute established by the Government of Kerala on 17th November 1979 at Trivandrum, the capital city of Kerala. It functions under the umbrella of the Science, Technology and Environment Department, Government of Kerala.
Tropical climate A tropical climate is a type of climate typical in the tropics. Köppen's widely-recognized scheme of climate classification defines it as a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures above 18°C (64.
Tropical cyclogenesis Tropical cyclogenesis is the technical term describing the development and strengthening of a tropical cyclone in the atmosphere. The mechanisms through which tropical cyclogenesis occurs are distinctly different from those through which mid-latitude cyclogenesis occurs.
Tropical cyclone observation Tropical cyclone obervation has been carried out over the past couple of centuries in various ways: the passage of typhoons, hurricanes, as well as other tropical cyclones have been detected by word of mouth from sailors recently coming to port or by radio transmissions from ships at sea, from sediment deposits in near shore estuaries to the wiping out of cities near the coastline. Since World War II, advances in technology have included using planes to survey the ocean basins, satellites to monitor the world's oceans from outer space using a variety of methods, and recently the introduction of unmanned aerial vehicles to penetrate storms.
Tropical cyclone prediction model A tropical cyclone prediction model is a computer program that uses meteorological data to predict the motion and intensity of tropical cyclones. Such models utilize powerful supercomputers with sophisticated mathematical modeling software and meteorological data to calculate paths and intensities.
Tropical cyclone scales Tropical cyclones are ranked according to their maximum winds using several scales. These scales are provided by several bodies, including the World Meteorological Organization, the National Hurricane Center, and the Bureau of Meteorology.
Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert A Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) is a bulletin released by the US Navy-operated Joint Typhoon Warning Center, warning of the possibility of generation of a tropical cyclone from a storm system that the center has been monitoring. Such alerts are generally always issued when it is fairly certain that a tropical cyclone will form and are not always released prior to cyclone genesis, particularly if the cyclone appears suddenly.
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre A Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre is one of five regional warning centers that are part of the World Meteorological Organization tropical cyclone programme, and act to observe, name, and forecast tropical cyclones in their respective sections of the world, supplementing the work of the main Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres. Since the regional structure does not always coincide with tropical cyclone basins, the tropical cyclone programme established tropical cyclone committees that extend across the regional bodies.
Tropical disease Tropical diseases are infectious diseases that either occur uniquely in tropical and subtropical regions (which is rare) or, more commonly, are either more widespread in the tropics or more difficult to prevent or control.
Tropical Depression Fourteen (1987) Tropical Depression Fourteen was a weak tropical cyclone that caused significant rainfall from the Caribbean Sea through Florida. The system was the final tropical depression of the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season, and caused six deaths in Jamaica.
Tropical Depression Nine (2003) Tropical Depression Nine was a weak tropical depression that developed and dissipated in the eastern Caribbean Sea in August of 2003. It formed from a tropical wave on August 21 to the south of Puerto Rico, and was initially forecast to strengthen to tropical storm status, due to the favorable conditions for development in the area.
Tropical Forest Trust The Tropical Forest Trust is an UK organization concerned with establishing responsible wood procurement policies for tropical woods - allowing customers to choose tropical woods that have not been harvested from rainforests.
Tropical geometry Tropical geometry is a relatively new area in mathematics. It has appeared in different disguises in previous works of Bergman and of Bieri and Groves, but only since the late nineties an effort has been made to consolidate the basic definitions of the theory.
Tropical house gecko The Tropical house gecko, Afro-American house gecko or Cosmopolitan house gecko is a species of gecko belonging to the Hemidactylus genus of the Gekkonidae family. The species is native to sub-Saharan Africa but is currently found in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Tropical Heat Tropical Heat, also known as Sweating Bullets, was a Canadian tv series, made in cooperation with Mexico and Israel and released between 1991 and 1993 (eventually as part of the CBS umbrella series, Crimetime After Primetime). It was about two private investigators; ex-police officer Nick Slaughter, and ex-tourist agent Silvie Girard, solving a variety of different cases.
Tropical izak The tropical izak, Holohalaelurus melanostigma, is a very rare cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the western Indian Ocean off Mozambique and Tanzania, at depths of between 600 and 660 m. Its length is up to 38 cm.
Tropical Kingbird The Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the USA through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and western Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago.
Tropical medicine Tropical medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with health problems that either occur uniquely in tropical and subtropical regions or are either more widespread in the tropics or more difficult to prevent or control.

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