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The South > Mississippi > Identification

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State fossil > Common name
Basilosaurus
and Zygorhiza
whales
State mottos > Motto Virtute et armis
Definition: Identification > State mottos > Motto
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils
State Name Mississippi
Definition: Identification > State Name
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos
State reptile American Alligator
Definition: Identification > State reptile
Source: John
State reptile > Binomial nomenclature
Alligator mississippiensis
Definition: Identification > State reptile > Binomial nomenclature
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles
State reptile > Year adopted 2,005
Definition: Identification > State reptile > Year adopted
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles
State shells > Shell Oyster
Definition: Identification > State shells > Shell
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles
State shells > Year designated 1,974
Definition: Identification > State shells > Year designated
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state shells
State soil
Natchez
Definition: Identification > State soil
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state shells
State soil > Year adopted 2,003
Definition: Identification > State soil > Year adopted
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils
State tree Magnolia
Definition: Identification > State tree
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils
State tree > Binomial Nomenclature Magnolia
Definition: Identification > State tree > Binomial Nomenclature
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees
Symbols > State animal
White-tailed deer and Red Fox (State animals); Bottlenose Dolphin (State water mammal)
Definition: Identification > Symbols > State animal
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees
Symbols > State bird
Mockingbird (State bird); Wood Duck (State waterfowl)
Definition: Identification > Symbols > State bird
Source: "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.
Symbols > State motto
Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Definition: Identification > Symbols > State motto
Source: "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.
U.S. state beverages > Drink Milk
Definition: Identification > U.S. state beverages > Drink
Source: FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia
U.S. state beverages > Year & Citation 1984
Definition: Identification > U.S. state beverages > Year & Citation
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state beverages
U.S. state insects > Binomial name Apis mellifera
Definition: Identification > U.S. state insects > Binomial name
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state beverages
U.S. state insects > State insect
European honey bee
Definition: Identification > U.S. state insects > State insect
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock Petrified Wood (1976)
Definition: Identification > U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock
Source: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos; John; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state shells; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees; "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.; FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state beverages ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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