Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name applied to Archosargus unimaculatus, a sparoid fish, and to Kyphosus analogus, a fish of the family Kyphosidæ.
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Examples
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a great plaine called by them Iabel el salema, that is to say, the mountaine of health, from which they begin to descry the citie and tombe of Mahomet, at which sight they light from their horses in token of reuerence.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And being ascended vp the sayd mountaine with shouting which pierceth the skies they say, Sala tuua salema
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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At the end of this snorkel we went to this huge school of a couple hundred thousand black striped salema.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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At the end of this snorkel we went to this huge school of a couple hundred thousand black striped salema.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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