Sula
Su"la\, n. [NL., fr. Icel. s?la the gannet. See Solan goose.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet.
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| sula | |
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| type genus of the Sulidae |
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Sula
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| 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. |
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Some authorities consider that all nine species should be considered congeneric, in sula.
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