Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the tunny kind without scales.
- noun [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of zygænid moths, having the palpi broad, rectangular, and applied to the head. The sole species, G. bifacies, is Brazilian.
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Examples
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Mrs Weasley glissa un bol au-dessous, juste à temps pour recueillir l’épaisse soupe à l’oignon fumante qui s’en déversait.
I love cooking blogs | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006
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M. Viot, plus souriant et plus doux que jamais, m’accompagna jusqu’à la porte; mais, avant de me quitter, il me glissa dans la main un petit cahier. —
Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant Alphonse Daudet 1868
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