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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Proconsulidae — aMiocene basal ape or basalcatarrhine .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The arrangement came to have a certain sanctity attached to it, as though there was something in the connection warmer and closer than that of mere official life; so that a Quaestor has been called a Proconsul's son for the time, and was supposed to feel that reverence and attachment that a son entertains for his father.
The Life of Cicero Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1881
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The arrangement came to have a certain sanctity attached to it, as though there was something in the connection warmer and closer than that of mere official life; so that a Quaestor has been called a Proconsul's son for the time, and was supposed to feel that reverence and attachment that a son entertains for his father.
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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But besides this, the word 'Commander' will not do, for Plutarch sometimes calls a Proconsul [Greek: stratêgos] στρατηγός, and a Proconsul had not merely a command: he had a government also.] [Footnote 16: So the name is written by Sintenis, who writes it
Plutarch's Lives Volume III. 46-120? Plutarch 1839
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'' Proconsul'''s [[monkey]] like features include thin [[tooth]] enamel, a light build with a narrow chest and short forelimbs, and an arboreal quadrupedal lifestyle.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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'' Proconsul'''s [[monkey]] like features include thin [[tooth]]
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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They included Mary’s Proconsul skull in this group, so that it is now known as Proconsul heseloni, after Louis and Mary’s longtime field assistant, Heselon Mukiri.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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They included Mary’s Proconsul skull in this group, so that it is now known as Proconsul heseloni, after Louis and Mary’s longtime field assistant, Heselon Mukiri.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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“Just another thing about which we disagree, Proconsul,” said Kamemor.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Proconsul Tomalak sat in the shadows of an alcove outside the Senate Chamber, a tiny audio monitor pressed to his ear.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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“I am pleased to make your acquaintance, Proconsul Ventel,” Spock said.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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