metis

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Grene metis, 8/97, green vegetables.

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  • It is rumored the girl Caila is metis or of some native extract. —  Progressive Bloggers
  • : The 39 metis (male transvestites) arrested in Kathmandu on 9 August were released on bail on —  Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
  • Nor does it take place during the Trojan War, in which Ulysses (whom Homer calls "crafty," polu-metis) distinguished himself for inventive tactics (or, from the Trojan point of view, for dirty tricks): he was the Greek who devised the Trojan Horse. —  PoetryFoundation.org
  • Of an inquiring and gregarious nature he went as much among the half-breeds--or 'metis', as they are called--and Indians as among the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company and the white settlers. —  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
  • He had had some successful days hunting buffalo with Eye-of-the-Moon and a little band of metis, had had a long pow-wow in Eye-of-the-Moon's lodge, had chatted gaily with Lali the daughter, and was now prepared to enjoy heartily the arrears of correspondence and news before him. —  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
 

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