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Weatherby, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
Population (2000): 123
Housing Units (2000): 61
Land area (2000): 0.119739 sq. miles (0.310122 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.119739 sq. miles (0.310122 sq. km)
FIPS code: 78028
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.909231 N, 94.241547 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64497
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Weatherby

Weatherby, Inc. is an American gun manufacturer founded in 1945 by Roy Weatherby. The company is best known for its high-powered magnum cartridges, such as the .257 Weatherby Magnum and the .460 Weatherby Magnum. Company headquarters is in the northern San Luis Obispo County town of Paso Robles, California.

Weatherby (disambiguation)

Weatherby may refer to:

  • Weatherby, American gun manufacturer
    • Roy Weatherby, American gunsmith, founder of the company
Places
  • Weatherby, Missouri, a village in DeKalb County, Missouri, United States
  • Weatherby Lake, Missouri, a city in Platte County Missouri, United States
  • Weatherby, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States
People
  • Charles Alfred Weatherby (1875–1949), American botanist
  • Dennis Weatherby (1959–2007), American inventor, scientist, university administrator
  • Sir Francis Weatherby (1885–1969), English cricketer, soldier and horse racing official
  • John Weatherby (1870–1948), English cricketer
  • Meredith Weatherby (c.1914–1997), American publisher
  • Weatherby, a character of Dead or Alive, only appearing in DOA: Dead or Alive, voiced by Steve Howey
  • Weatherby Swann, fictional governor of Port Royal in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean movies
  • Weatherby, the nickname given to Percy Weasley by Barty Crouch, Sr. in the Harry Potter series
See also
  • Mr. Weatherbee, Wendy Weatherbee, and Tony Weatherbee; characters in Archie Comics
  • Wetherby, a town in West Yorkshire, England
  • Wetherby (film)
  • Weatherbys central administration for British horseracing

Usage examples of "weatherby".

Nel corso degli anni, cercando esclusivamente di aumenta­re l'intelligenza della razza senza provocare mutamenti nel suo aspetto fisico, Davis Weatherby aveva fertilizzato centinaia di uova di retriever geneticamente alterate in vitro, trasferendo poi le uova fertilizzate nell'utero di cagne che servivano da madri surrogate.

I dumped the Weatherby, hauled the gun case out, stripped it from the chrome steel and black plastic of the big military high-speed job, jacked the lever over to full automatic and dived for the shelter of the rail.

Weatherby had been working with the sperm and ova of golden retrievers, which he had chosen because the dogs had been bred with ever greater refinement for more than a hundred years.

Mauser Parabellum, official eight-shot German Luger, under his coat and a twelve-gauge Weatherby pump gun leaning against the seat with the walnut stock on the floor.