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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Anatinae — thedabbling ducks .
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Examples
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A dead 10 month-old girl with a head wound brought to the hospital was identified as Anas al-Suaidi, shot by a sniper.
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Most of it is in our language Filipino but the funny part is they dubbed Anas' lines to make him sound like the real Obama.
Doppelgangers! The Year in Pictures 2009
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"We hear words, but we don't see actions on the ground," said a 28-year-old opposition activist in Damascus who gave his name as Anas.
NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY SHADID 2012
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These include the osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and wild ducks such as Anas discors, Anas cyanoptera, Anas acuta, Anas clypeata and Anas americana.
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Very rich in bird species, and the most important winter habitat for waterfowl and birds of prey such as Anas discors, A. cyanoptera, A. acuta, A. clypeata and A. americana, and the osprey Pandion haliaethus.
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Considering these circumstances, these three volumes of the "Anas" ought not to be excluded from a publication professing to be a complete edition of the Writings of Thomas Jefferson.
The Anas 1818
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The supplementary portion of the "Anas," omitted from the Congressional Edition published in l853, extends from 1797 to 1808 covering many interesting events of Jefferson's first and second Administrations, while President of the United States.
The Anas 1818
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WBO minimumweight champion Donnie 'Anas' Nietes (L) of the Philippines scores with a short left to the head of Jesus Silvestre of Mexico during Saturday night's bout at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City, Philippines.
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(File Photo above - WBO minimumweight champion Donnie 'Anas' Nietes (L) of the Philippines scores with a short left to the head of Jesus Silvestre of Mexico last January at the Cuneta
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Anas Abdah, chairman of the international branch of the Damascus Declaration an umbrella group of Syrian opposition groups, says the turkish government has to get tough with Damascus.
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