amia

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  1. A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

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  1. type genus of the Amiidae

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  • Vitalzyme + is an enzyme formulation that contains protease, serrapeptase, papain, bromelain, amylase, lipase, rutin and amia, which is a rich source of vitamin C. Serrapeptase is a unique proteolytic enzyme isolated from non-pathogenic enterobacteria Serratia E 15 that has superior anti-inflammatory action when compared to other proteolytic enzymes.
  • Mr Misau said this year's Rotuma Day's theme is "E on si'u Rotuma amia." which means In His —  Fiji Times Online - Local News
  • What a mixture of voices, of gutturals and spluttering and yeekings and chatterings, combined with pursing of lips, eyebrow-twistings, bugging eyes, whiskers and long hair, and common hand signs of distress or delight or urgency or decisiveness: Nitchevo, bonny braw, tres bien, khorashaw, finish, oi soiy, beaucoup, cheerio, spitzka, mozhnya barishna, c'mon kid, parlezvous, douse th 'glim, yah ocean, dobra czechinski, amia spigetam, ei geh ha wa yang wa, lubloo, howse th' chow, pardonne, pawrdun, scuse, eesveneets, -- all these and more too, strike the ear of memory as we tread again the board sidewalks of far off smelly Archangel. —  The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919
 

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