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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of ladybirds, of the family Coccinellidæ, founded by Mulsant in 1851.
  • noun A genus of hymenopterous insects.

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  • noun Alternative form of megillah.

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Examples

  • RICK HORROW, CNN SPORTS BUSINESS ANALYST: Yes, well, Tony, you know, your word megilla, though maybe inartful, is probably descriptive of the deal.

    CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2005 2005

  • Since January he's been holding bi-weekly Friday night services at the Kiever Synagogue in Kensington Market, as well as other events such as megilla reading on Purim and Tu B'shvat seder.

    blogTO 2009

  • Y'know, I've been so concerned that NH indies would stampede to McCain and thus hurt Obama that I somehow overlooked the (rather obvious) possibility that they might do the opposite -- bringing Obama to the brink of victory for the whole megilla

    ARG: Hillary Barely Ahead Of Obama In NH, Before Iowa Caucus Was Held 2009

  • So, something good has come from this whole megilla.

    March with a noisy protest Bas Bleu 2009

  • So, something good has come from this whole megilla.

    Archive 2009-03-29 Bas Bleu 2009

  • Y'know, I've been so concerned that NH indies would stampede to McCain and thus hurt Obama that I somehow overlooked the (rather obvious) possibility that they might do the opposite -- bringing Obama to the brink of victory for the whole megilla (if he wins NH, it's hard to imagine he wouldn't cruise in SC) and resuscitating the very weak Romney as a potential nominee.

    ARG: Hillary Barely Ahead Of Obama In NH, Before Iowa Caucus Was Held 2009

  • In fact, the subprime mortgage defaults are just a tip of the tip of the iceberg when compared to the real megilla – DERIVATIVES.

    The PRE-PLANNED Financial/Economic 911 of 2008 2008

  • Except this is a quadrillion dollar megilla that can't be covered without unraveling the entire capitalistic system, and its fascist corpocracy and kleptocratic oligarchy.

    The PRE-PLANNED Financial/Economic 911 of 2008 2008

  • Here's the megilla from the Abundance Unlimited Newsletter of last week.

    CAMLAW: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Law Blog 2010

  • I asked specifically for callers who had no coverage - wondering how they felt about the whole megilla.

    Latest Articles 2009

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