Rima

Ri·ma

[ree-muh]
noun
a female given name.
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rima ri·ma (rī'mə)
n. pl. ri·mae (-mē)
A slit, fissure, or narrow elongated opening between two symmetrical parts.

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Rima is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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rima

versified sagas, or episodes from the sagas, a form of adaptation that was popular in Iceland from the 15th century.

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