amia
Americannoun
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a genus of fish, of which two species of bowfin are the only living members.
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the Atlantic bonito, a kind of fish.
Example Sentences
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At one point, an Israeli writer named Gustavo Perednik met with Nisman in a Buenos Aires café to discuss what he should name the book he was completing about the amia case.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015
Over the years, the case, known by the Jewish organization’s acronym, amia, had exposed the flaws of Argentina’s judicial system.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015
Every September, when she travelled to New York for the opening of the General Assembly of the United Nations, she brought a group of amia survivors with her.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015
He told Pablo Jacoby, the lawyer for the amia victims, that he was trying to make sure Argentina didn’t provide assistance to Iran’s nuclear program.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2015
And again you may quote— Buy an amia in the autumn . . . .
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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