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Othniel

American  
[oth-nee-uhl] / ˈɒθ ni əl /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a judge of ancient Israel.


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Othniel Adoma, from Bracknell, Berkshire, died more than three weeks after the single vehicle crash.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2025

In the nineteenth century, Othniel C. Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, the nation’s two leading paleontologists, engaged in a bitter competition to collect dinosaur fossils in the American West.

From The New Yorker Mar. 29, 2019

The first known fossil of the ancient bird Ichthyornis was unearthed in 1870 in Kansas, under the direction of legendary fossil-hunter Othniel Charles Marsh.

From National Geographic May 2, 2018

In 1876, William is goaded by a rival into passing up a cushy vacation in Europe for a hardscrabble expedition on the American frontier with paleontologist Othniel Marsh.

From Washington Post May 18, 2017

It was between two strange and ruthless men, Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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