(Animals) any mammal of the order Pholidota found in tropical Africa, S Asia, and Indonesia, having a body covered with overlapping horny scales and a long snout specialized for feeding on ants and termites. Also called: scaly anteater.
Authorized in 1886, the first separate Library of Congress building, the Jefferson Building, was opened to the public in 1897. The Library's design was based on the Paris Opera House and was unparalleled in national achievement.
The building was sold to the Catholic Society in 1847, when a larger structure was completed at the corner of Fifth and Decatur. The tower in this new building contained the first bell ever to have rung in the Village of Jefferson (as Watkins Glen was then named).