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Whatever is that wretched moon It is a bolis," answered Barbicane A bolis, on fire, in the void Yes This globe of fire was indeed a bolis.— The Moon-Voyage
No one doubted that the bolis was the projectile of the Gun Club.— The Moon-Voyage
This extended churning forms a kind of ball in the stomach called a bolis.— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor
In some, however, the original plural is not so formed; but is made by changing _is_ to _~ides_; as, _aphis, aphides; apsis, apsides; ascaris, ascarides; bolis, bolides; cantharis, cantharides; chrysalis, chrysalides; ephemeris, ephemerides; epidermis, epidermides_.— The Grammar of English Grammars
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