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- noun French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880)
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Examples
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A veces se hace un fierro demasiado quebradizo, por ejemplo, como una broca del taladro barato, que a pesar de estar muy afilada, quiebra facilmente.
Al Nacer, Tenemos Como 270 huesos. como adultos tienen 206 huesos 2007
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Preliminary data from new studies suggest that consumption of insects like la broca by forest-dwelling birds and bats contribute significantly to coffee yields.
NYT > Global Home By JOHN MOIR 2011
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Preliminary data from new studies suggest that consumption of insects like la broca by forest-dwelling birds and bats contribute significantly to coffee yields.
NYT > Home Page By JOHN MOIR 2011
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Coffee year kicks off on a weak note - Coffee roasters look for new beans - Colombia reports triple broca levels - Double yields by intercropping - Starbucks names John Culver as president
WN.com - Articles related to Some worry free Wi-Fi will cramp Starbucks style 2010
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Crista ad caputium argentea bene operata trifuriata cum perlis et aliis lapidibus, habens pomellum trifuriatum, cum broca et cathena argentea.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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