op. cit.
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Origin of op. cit.
From Latin opere citātō
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But banned are such standard and numbing footnote fare as ed. cit., loc. cit., op. cit., idem and ibid.
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But see Bartoli, op. cit., pp. lii., lvii.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
Pectispongilla aurea, Annandale, op. cit., p. 103, pl. xii, fig.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
San, Cosmologia, § 323, apud Mercier, op. cit., § 158.260.op. cit., § 625.261.St.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Part of the specification together with a diagram is reproduced by Rockstro, op. cit. pp. 273-274.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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