Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A South American genus of catfishes of the family Siluridæ.
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Examples
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You've gotta respect a guy who can rhyme "plecostomus" with "innocuous" and make it sound inevitable, not to mention "hand of glory" with "Grimm and Gorey."
the short answer is, go. matociquala 2008
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Link the seemingly innocuous plecostomus though posthumous
the lark sings first and the thrush sings best sartorias 2009
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BLOCK: Well there are lots of words like this in this CD: plecostomus, dermestids, coprophagia.
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When I had an aquarium I had a plecostomus and loved watching it works its way along the side.
Ten Things Tuesday – Ice storm and aftermath « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2008
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The group is housed in a 30 gallon breeder tank with a young sailfin plecostomus.
WN.com - Articles related to Clinton shows U.S. support in Liberia visit 2010
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Bird's lyrics often feature archaic language - words such as radiolarian, plecostomus, dermestids, coprophagia - which he chooses mainly for their sound, but not at the expense of their meaning.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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"One of the most common problems is exotic species that reach a body of fresh water, like the suckermouth catfish (Hypostomus plecostomus), varieties of tilapia (Oreochromis), bigmouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and even brown trout (Salmo trutta fario)," said Sánchez.
INTER PRESS SERVICE ,Emilio Godoy 2010
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Bird's lyrics often feature archaic language - words such as radiolarian, plecostomus, dermestids, coprophagia - which he chooses mainly for their sound, but not at the expense of their meaning.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The group is housed in a 30 gallon breeder tank with a young sailfin plecostomus.
WN.com - Articles related to Clinton shows U.S. support in Liberia visit 2010
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Will having a lot of decorations in a fish tank stunt plecostomus growth?
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