Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as potamic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak. See trionyx.

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  • noun zoology A river tortoise; one of a group of tortoises (Potamites, or Trionychoidea) having a soft shell, webbed feet, and a sharp beak.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek, river.

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Examples

  • If they want to publish, they stick to safe subjects like love, Sufism or ancient Meso-potamian glories.

    Longing To Return 2007

  • Declarations of Innocence and some expiatory Meso - potamian texts, concern both religious and ethical actions.

    SIN AND SALVATION S. G. F. BRANDON 1968

  • A.L. Oppenheim, “A New Look at the Structure of Meso - potamian Society,” Journal of Economic and Social History of the Orient, 10 (1967), 1-16.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas ARNALDO MOMIGLIANO 1968

  • Slide 10: Mesopotamia: Introduction  Meaning: From the Greek, "between two rivers" (Euphrates and Tigris)  Location: southern strip of land between the Euphrates and Tigris River  First villages formed in northern Meso - potamian floodplain about 6000 BC 

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