lampas

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Corn on the cob is commonly used for horses affected with "lampas."

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  1. Pl. lampades (-pa̤-dēz). An early quasi-generic or collective name of the lampshells, or such of the arthropomatous brachiopods as were known a century ago, especially Terebratulidæ. The word is not now used as the name of a genus, and has a plural. See lampade. Sometimes spelled lampus.
  2. [capitalized] A genus of Foraminifera: same as Robulina. Montfort, 1808.
  3. [capitalized] A genus of gastropods, closely related to Ravella. Schumacher, 1817.
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  • Ang mabibigyan lamang ng ganitong uportunidad ay ang mga mag-aaral na hindi lampas sa annual poverty threshold level ang kita ng kanilang mga magulang at hindi bababa sa anim ang miyembro ng pamilya.
  • May koneksyon ang tanong na ito ni Lazaro sa Memorandum Circular 46 ng department of Justice na pinalabas noong Hunyo 2003 ni dating Justice Secretary Simeon Datumanong na lahat na kasong lampas sa limang taon na pagkakulong ang sentensya, lalo pa sa kaso ng smuggling at droga, kailangan may automatic review ng secretary of justice. —  ellen tordesillas
  • Corn on the cob is commonly used for horses affected with "lampas." —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • Burning the lampas is barbarous and injurious, and it should never be tolerated It is a quite common opinion among owners of horses and stablemen that lampas is a disease that very frequently exists. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • "Are sent to Perkin's Red Rover, sir; but I believe some of them are in calf already by Bullfinch--and I have cut Peter for the lampas." —  Tom Cringle's Log
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  1. New Latin, from Gr.λαμπάς, a lamp: see lamp.
  2. from French lampas (see def.).
 

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