Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In echinoderms, a fasciole; a sort of lesser ambulacrum (having, however, nothing to do with the ambulacral organs proper), consisting of a band of minute close-set tubercles which bear ciliated clubbed spines. Semitæ are characteristic of the spatangoid sea-urchins. See also cut under
Spatangoida .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fasciole of aspatangoid sea urchin .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another item in the Mexican sandwich repertoire is the cemita (sometimes spelled "semita") a popular regional treat in Central Mexico.
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Another item in the Mexican sandwich repertoire is the cemita (sometimes spelled "semita") a popular regional treat in Central Mexico.
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Another item in the Mexican sandwich repertoire is the cemita (sometimes spelled "semita") a popular regional treat in Central Mexico.
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Dipping my half of the semita into the lush creamy brown beverage, I take a taste.
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But the semita Liliana wants and remembers isn't up to snuff here and so after paying, we're back out on the streets, taking more twists and turns.
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Dipping my half of the semita into the lush creamy brown beverage, I take a taste.
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Finally, in front of a small taqueria where meats and vegetables are sizzling on two huge comales, she sees the semita we want.
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Finally, in front of a small taqueria where meats and vegetables are sizzling on two huge comales, she sees the semita we want.
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Liliana, who is from Puerto Vallarta but now lives in Chicago, speaks flawless English and Spanish (and passable Mandarin but that is a different story), has talked to all the meson's personnel in search of the best sweet tamales, semita (bread) and taquerías.
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She tells me that, as young girls, she and her sisters would buy semita to dip into cups of chocolate caliente (hot chocolate) before going to bed.
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