Mearns may refer to:
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Mearns, Alberta
Mearns is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is located approximately west of Highway 2 and northwest of Edmonton's city limits.
Demographics
The population of Mearns according to the 2008 municipal census cond ...
, Canada
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Newton Mearns
Newton Mearns ( sco, The Mearns; gd, Baile Ùr na Maoirne ) is a suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies southwest of Glasgow City Centre on the main road to Ayrshire, above sea level. It has a popu ...
, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Mearns Castle
Mearns Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, south of Glasgow, Scotland.Lindsay, p. 352 It is a Category A listed building. The castle has been restored and is now part of the Maxwell Mearns Castle Church. It al ...
, a 15th-century tower house in Newton Mearns
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Mearns Castle High School
Mearns Castle High School is a secondary school situated on Waterfoot Road in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland roughly seven miles from Glasgow. It was built in 1978, and pupils from Mearns Primary, Eaglesham Primary, Kirkhill Primary ...
, Newton Mearns
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Mearns Primary School
Newton Mearns ( sco, The Mearns; gd, Baile Ùr na Maoirne ) is a suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies southwest of Glasgow City Centre on the main road to Ayrshire, above sea level. It has a popula ...
, Newton Mearns
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Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and ...
, a county in Scotland also known as the Mearns
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Mearns Academy
Mearns Academy is a secondary school in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. As well as Laurencekirk itself, the school also serves the surrounding villages of St Cyrus, Marykirk, Fettercairn, Auchenblae, Luthermuir, Edzell Woods and Ford ...
, Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Mearns FM
Mearns FM is a community run radio station based in the North East of Scotland. There are transmitters in Laurencekirk, Inverbervie, Stonehaven and Portlethen leading to a coverage area stretching from St Cyrus to Aberdeen. The studio is lo ...
, a community-run radio station in northeast Scotland
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Mearns (surname) Mearns is a Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* David Mearns (born 1958), United States-born marine scientist
*Edgar Alexander Mearns (1856–1916), American ornithologist and field naturalist
* Frederick Mearns (1879–193 ...
See also
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Chihuahuan grasshopper mouse
Mearns's grasshopper mouse or the Chihuahuan grasshopper mouse (''Onychomys arenicola'') is a grasshopper mouse found in southwestern New Mexico, West Texas, and north-central Mexico. They are similar to '' Onychomys torridus'', but differ in ...
or Mearns's grasshopper mouse
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Máel Petair of Mearns
Máel Petair of Mearns is the only known Mormaer of the Mearns. His name means "tonsured one of (Saint) Peter".
Professor Dauvit Broun of the University of Glasgow identifies his father as a man called Loren. Little is known of him except that, i ...
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Mearns's flying fox
The Philippine gray flying fox (''Pteropus speciosus'') is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Phi ...
, a species of bat endemic to the Philippines
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Mearns's pouched mouse, a species of rodent in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda
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Mearns's squirrel
Mearns's squirrel (''Tamiasciurus douglasii mearnsi'') is a subspecies of the Douglas squirrel Endemism, endemic to Mexico. It is endangered species, endangered and occurs in low densities, and is threatened by habitat loss.Koprowski, Ramos, Pasc ...
, a species of squirrel native to Mexico
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Montezuma quail
The Montezuma quail (''Cyrtonyx montezumae'') is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns's quail, the harlequin quail (for the male's striking pattern), and the fool q ...
or Mearns quail
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