mitra

[ mahy-truh ]

/ ˈmaɪ trə /

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the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.

a galea.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

1630–40; <Latin: head band; see miter

Mitra

[ mee-truh ]

/ ˈmi trə /

the Vedic god of justice.

Mitra, Gol-Maryam and Parivash wear their political allegiances as lightly as their crushes.
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As a sky god Mitra may have been associated, like Varuna, with the waters above the firmament.
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Agni has been established among the tribes of men, the son of the waters, Mitra acting in the right way.
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Thus Quetzalcoatl wore "en la cabea una Mitra de papel puntiaguda."
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The sublime deities, Varuna and Mitra (Mithra), for instance, were already declining in splendour.
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