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  • noun Plural form of zodiac.

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Examples

  • The Farley Mowat was seized by teams of “emergency response” mounties deployed in zodiacs from a pair of coast guard ice breakers.

    hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Was the Farley Mowat in International Waters? 2008

  • Sometimes they would stay for days in abandoned warehouses - often with other Arabs, Asians and Africans, and with little food - before being packed into 7m-long "zodiacs" and taken to the Italian island of Lampedusa.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2008

  • Kate touched the body bag that held Big Al Prejean until the last possible moment, when the solders lowered it down the side of the rig and into one of the zodiacs that had been launched from the sub to ferry the wounded and the dead.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Devoted to exploring the Galapagos' unique flora and fauna, passengers hop on and off the vessel into zodiacs for excursions ashore lead by naturalists.

    Anne Campbell: Small Ship Cruises: No Ties, No Bingo Anne Campbell 2011

  • Kate touched the body bag that held Big Al Prejean until the last possible moment, when the solders lowered it down the side of the rig and into one of the zodiacs that had been launched from the sub to ferry the wounded and the dead.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Devoted to exploring the Galapagos' unique flora and fauna, passengers hop on and off the vessel into zodiacs for excursions ashore lead by naturalists.

    Anne Campbell: Small Ship Cruises: No Ties, No Bingo Anne Campbell 2011

  • Kate touched the body bag that held Big Al Prejean until the last possible moment, when the solders lowered it down the side of the rig and into one of the zodiacs that had been launched from the sub to ferry the wounded and the dead.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Kate touched the body bag that held Big Al Prejean until the last possible moment, when the solders lowered it down the side of the rig and into one of the zodiacs that had been launched from the sub to ferry the wounded and the dead.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • The original plan had been to take two Sea Stallions, load up the operators and four zodiacs, and drop everyone off five miles from the beach one hour after sunset.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

  • Rapp and Jackson had no problem coming to the same conclusion; lose the zodiacs and put everyone on one bird.

    Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010

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