Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spurious genus of crustaceans, representing a stage of stomatopodous crustaceans, for which the term is still in use.
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Examples
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July 29, 2009 at 5:33 AM hydrogen peroxide and baking soda mix then wash gets the yellow out no problem alima
Get Rid Of Underarm Stains And Keep Them Away | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Upon the next table (21) are the sea craw-fish and sea locusts; and upon the succeeding table (22) the visitor will remark the destructive scorpion-lobster of India, the excavations of which seriously damage the roads of that part of the world; Shrimps in all their varieties; the delicate alima, with its pale thin shell; and the long king crab.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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What seduced Ibn ’Arabi above all was Nizam’s intelligence: She was a religious sciences expert alima . . .
Scheherazade Goes West Fatema Mernissi 2001
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‘Ulamá, from the Arabic alima, to know, may be translated learned men, scientists, religious authorities.
The Secret of Divine Civilization 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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