parma

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Parmularii, gladiators armed with a small round shield (parma).

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  1. One of the low east and west ranges which project from the western side of the north and south Urals, and die out in the plains. They are due to gently folded strata. E. Suess, Das Antlitz der Erde, I. 645.
  2. In general, following the above usage, any low anticlinal fold, forming a ridge. Such ridges often, in the past, constituted barriers to the migrations of faunas. This may mean that no true axis or “parma” was in existence during Richmond time, but it does seem to show that the Wabash parma at least indicates the strike for the then highest land. Amer. Jour. Sci., Dec., 1904, p. 469.

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  • If the Berlin zoologists will take the trouble to file off the surface of the test of an Echinarachnius parma, they will find a circular canal as large and as continuous as that of the medusae. —  Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
  • And speaking of our mains, I chose the parma-wrapped chicken with ricotta stuffing, while my friends went with the crispy salmon with sweet pepper and tomato coulis, and the escalope of veal respectively. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • My parma-wrapped chicken was delicious, tender and beautifully complimented by the ricotta within. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Italy, parma (pr) last visit Oct 28 2009 looking for a job —  Xfce-Look.org Content
  • Italy, parma (pr) last visit Oct 30 2009 looking for a job —  Xfce-Look.org Content
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