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en·cy·clo·pe·di·a [or] en·cy·clo·pae·di·a

encyclopedia [or] encyclopaedia

 
 
pronunciation:
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part of speech: noun
definition: An encyclopedia is a book, or a set of books, or an online resource that has information on many subjects. Encyclopedias have information about famous people, events in history, places in the world, animals, and many other things.
I read a whole article about owls in the encyclopedia. It went into a lot of detail about the different species of owls and where they all live.
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