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muses
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amuses
(encz) | amuses,baví v: Zdeněk Brožamuses,rozveseluje v: Zdeněk Brož |
hippopotamuses
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Hippopotamuses
(gcide) | Hippopotamus \Hip`po*pot"a*mus\, n.; pl. E. Hippopotamuses, L.
Hippopotami. [L., from Gr.?; "i`ppos horse + ? river. Cf.
Equine.] (Zool.)
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal ({Hippopotamus
amphibius}), common in the rivers of tropical Africa. It is
allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick
and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears,
thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be
the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and {river
horse}. A smaller species (Hippopotamus Liberiencis)
inhabits Western Africa.
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Ignoramuses
(gcide) | Ignoramus \Ig`no*ra"mus\, n. [L., we are ignorant. See
Ignore.]
1. (Law) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word
formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury
when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in
finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill,"
"No true bill," or "Not found," though in some
jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. --Wharton (Law
Dict. ). Burn.
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2. (pl. Ignoramuses.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain
pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
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An ignoramus in place and power. --South.
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Isthmuses
(gcide) | Isthmus \Isth"mus\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Isthmuses. [L. isthmus,
Gr. 'isqmo`s a neck, a neck of land between two seas, an
isthmus, especially the Isthmus of Corinth; prob. from the
root of 'ie`nai to go; cf. Icel. ei[eth] isthmus. See
Issue.] (Geog.)
A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are
connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland;
as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc.
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Isthmus of the fauces. (Anat.) See Fauces.
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