Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An extensive genus of ploceine birds of India and islands eastward, as M. maja or M. Malacca, in which genus the paddy-bird is placed by some authors. See
Padda .
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Examples
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And today, in the same building, one can sit by the fire in the sunken lounge with a chilled pisco munia (a delicious herb cocktail) or enjoy the prime delicacy of the lake -- the kingfisher fish -- broiled with a vodka cream sauce.
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Etymologically, the word “to communicate” derives from a Latin word that means “to impart,” “to share,” and “to make common;” in turn, the word “common” derives from the two roots — com - “together”, and munia “public duties”.
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The grey-banded munia (Lonchura vana) is considered vulnerable.
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Nunc fere tot praeclara munia ad unam Potestatem redacta sunt: h. e.,
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Nunc fere tot praeclara munia ad unam Potestatem redacta sunt: h. e.,
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Nam cuncta legum et magistratuum munia in se trahens
An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition George Sharswood
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Since the Kemble munia, and the Byron mania, there has been a general affectation of indifference towards poetry and the drama; your true fashionable never mentions either without ridicule -- the natural consequence of previously exaggerated enthusiasm.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832 Various
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The rufous-bellied munia (_Uroloncha pectoralis_) occurs abundantly a little below Coonoor, but does not appear to ascend so high as
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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Like the spotted munia, this species is considerably smaller than a sparrow.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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The Indian red-munia or red waxbill or _lal_ (_Sporæginthus amandava_) is another very small bird.
Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916
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