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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fossil phyllopodous crustaceans of the family Limnadiidæ, characterized by a bivalved carapace, each valve of which is marked by two diagonal ridges radiating from the anterior end of the dorsal margin. Forms of this genus are very numerous in certain Carboniferous beds of. Europe and North America.
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I aku la kahi kanaka, "Aia a puka lea aku kaua iwaho o ka mahinaai nei la, alaila, ike maopopo leaia aku ka hale."
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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