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piedra

[ pē-ā′drə ]

n.

A fungal disease of the hair marked by small black or white nodular masses.

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Examples from the Web for piedra

Palabra de boca, piedra de honda—A word from the mouth is as a stone from a sling.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
They then demanded the money and were told that they must bring him a certain stone (piedra de espiritu).
Records of The Spanish Inquisition|Andrew Dickson White
The pass of the Piedra Parada is 16,008 feet above the sea, and is always covered with snow.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
Specimens from three miles south and 16 miles west of Piedra were found in a crevice inside a cave.
The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico|Ticul Alvarez

Piedra succeeds Viedma, attacks the Pampa Tribes, and is defeated.
Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata|Woodbine Parish