Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of brachyurous decapod crustaceans, or crabs.
- noun A genus of dipterous insects, of the family Micropezidæ, founded by Meigen in 1826.
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Examples
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I especially liked being called Lissa by my maternal grandparents, whose Queens accent turned it into "Lisser."
Question of the Day 2008
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I especially liked being called Lissa by my maternal grandparents, whose Queens accent turned it into "Lisser."
Question of the Day 2008
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Vassilissa, always called Lissa, to avoid confusion when her aunt came to stay, was a slim, vivid-looking child, not pretty, but with a face that changed with every emotion and a pair of lovely grey eyes.
Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse
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During his time in the Adriatic, Sir William explained in a letter home how Vis - then known as Lissa - became used to the sound of leather on willow as sailors sought distractions from the intense summer heat.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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"Lissa," he whispered in an exquisitely modulated voice,
Iole Arthur C. [Illustrator] Becker 1899
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Oh! I was selling girl scout cookies today w / my new BFF "Lissa" who will get a cool nickame sometime and her sister "Manda."
So anyway... 2009
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Former Washington Post reporters Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine will purchase the iconic store, according to its current proprietors, Barbara Meade and David Cohen.
HUFFPOST HILL - GOP Reshuffling Voter Database Eliot Nelson 2011
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The news broke in a conversation on Twitter, where manga blogger Deb Aoki tweeted a tip that the books had been canceled and Lissa Pattillo [...]
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* Lissa Pattillo posts what I think is the first review of The Color of Water, the second volume in Kim Dong Hwa's manwha trilogy.
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Former Washington Post reporters Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine will purchase the iconic store, according to its current proprietors, Barbara Meade and David Cohen.
HUFFPOST HILL - GOP Reshuffling Voter Database Eliot Nelson 2011
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