rami
Americannoun
noun
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Thus, when acting as swimming organs, the appendages, or their rami, are more or less flattened, or oar-like, and often have the margins fringed with long plumose hairs.
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Were these expressions merely jocular, or have any papal canonists or casuists given the title of fili�, nepotes or rami to offences deducible from the same root?
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The hyoid bone in quadrupeds is situated between the two rami or branches of the lower jaw.
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The posterior rami are short; the zygomatic rami of all species, except taurinus, extend slightly more than one-half of the distance to the maxillary.
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The rods comprising the lateral fringe, or vane, are known as the rami or the “barbs,” and will be found, on microscopic examination, to be lath-shaped and to taper to a point.
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