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Pirie — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gordon Pirie (1931–1991), britischer Langstreckenläufer J. H. Harvey Pirie ( 1878–1965), Bakteriologe, führte die Gattung Listeria in die bakteriologische Systematik ein Diese Seite ist eine Be … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pirie — Pir ie, n. (Naut.) See {Pirry}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pirie — Pir ie, n. [See {Pear}.] (Bot.) A pear tree. [Written also {pery}, {pyrie}.] [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pirie — variant of perry1, Obs., pirrie … Useful english dictionary
Pirie — This rare surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a variant of the name Perry which is in the majority of cases a topographical surname for someone who lived near a pear tree. The name derives from the Middle English perie, perrie , a … Surnames reference
Pirie-Knochen — [pi̱ri...; nach dem schott. Röntgenologen G.Pirie KnochenA. Pirie, 1864 1929]: akzessorisches Knöchelchen an der Oberkante des Sprungbeins … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
Pirie, Norman Wingate — ▪ 1998 British biochemist and virologist who, with his long time collaborator, Frederick Bawden, demonstrated that the genetic material found in viruses is RNA. In later years Pirie championed the use of extracted leaf protein as a dietary… … Universalium
pirie — f ( an/ an) pear tree … Old to modern English dictionary
Pirie bone — an occasionally occurring ossicle found above the head of the talus; called also astragaloscaphoid b … Medical dictionary
Alexander Fraser Pirie — (October 1, 1849 August 15, 1903) was a Canadian journalist, newspaper editor and member of the Liberal Party of Canada.He was born in Guelph, Upper Canada, to George Pirie (1799 1870), a native of Aberdeen, Scotland. His mother was Jane Booth [… … Wikipedia
