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  • noun Plural of ramus.

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  • noun Plural form of ramus.

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Examples

  • I don't know how to contact you "rami" but I hope you are reading this comment.

    Don't Miss This Opportunity 2007

  • The last abdominal segment has two caudal rami which have an unknown function, but are useful in taxonomy for distinguishing between groups of copepods.

    Crustacea 2008

  • These decorations fall upon the breast or back; the same is done to the thin beard, which sprouts tufty from both rami of the chin, as in the purely nervous temperament of Europe; and doubtless the mustachios, if the latter were not mostly wanting, would be similarly treated.

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • Et dixit ei Joseph, Haec est interpretatio ejus, Tres rami, tres dies sunt.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Ut arbor fructificans Joseph, ut ramus crescens juxta fontem, rami incedent super murum.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Et in vite erant tres rami, et dum floreret, ascendit flos ejus, et maturuerunt botri ejus in uvas.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Philo's elaborate rami - fications of the allegorical method are, therefore, the first critical treatises on one, perhaps the most rational, type of ambiguity.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas TOM TASHIRO 1968

  • Fides tanquam radix imbre suscepto haeret in animae solo; ut cum per legem Dei excoli coeperit surgant in ea rami qui fructus operum ferant.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • * Fides tanquam radix imbre suscepto haeret in animae solo; ut cum per legem Dei excoli coeperit surgant in ea rami qui fructus operum ferant.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • He considered that the mandibles and first maxillæ of Arthropods were the homologues of the upper and lower jaws of Vertebrates, adducing as confirmatory evidence the fact that in snakes the rami are separate.

    Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

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