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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Garrinae — the pingi logsucker and related fish.
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Examples
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Sunday's performance is likely to reaffirm Uruguayan pride in the so-called Garra Charrua, which literally means the Charruan claw, a term used to refer to fighting to the bitter end.
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Pedicure "Doctor Fish" taking off in EuropeParis - Pedicures using small, nibbling fish called Garra rufa -- or Doctor Fish -- has a long tradition in countries such as Turkey, Thailand, Singapore and the US.
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Pedicure "Doctor Fish" taking off in EuropeParis - Pedicures using small, nibbling fish called Garra rufa -- or Doctor Fish -- has a long tradition in countries such as Turkey, Thailand, Singapore and the US.
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Garra rufa, also known as the "doctor fish," exfoliate hands, ankles, calves and feet.
'Doctor fish' nibble at hands and feet to smooth skin at spa in Beirut Post 2011
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Garra rufa, also known as the "doctor fish," exfoliate hands, ankles, calves and feet.
'Doctor fish' nibble at hands and feet to smooth skin at spa in Beirut Post 2011
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Garra rufa, also known as the "doctor fish," exfoliate hands, ankles, calves and feet.
'Doctor fish' nibble at hands and feet to smooth skin at spa in Beirut Post 2011
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This treatment is available at Dr Fish Spa, where customers with dry skin relax in a pool filled with warm water as little Garra Rufa fish numbering in the thousands feed on the dead skin.
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Of course, counting myself among folks who care for both our good foot looks as well as our eco footprint, I've gotta wonder about those Turkish doctor fish, or Garra rufa, who must dine on soggy epidermis bits in a pool of water that no doubt gets pretty saturated with lotions and toxic nail polish products.
Jeanie Pyun: Fish Pedicures: Next New Thing, Gross Gimmick, or Both? 2008
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Upon saying these last words, Garra was shot and killed by the waiting firing squad, according to www. sandiegohistory.org, the San Diego Historical Society's Web site.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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As Antonio Garra was led to the open grave he would momentarily occupy, he was ordered to beg pardon for the crime he was sentenced to execution for.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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