• among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
• A wild plant found in Bengal and Assam, Aeschynomene aspera, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artefacts.
• a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad, especially in the North Region, Mayo-Louti division, Mayo-Oulo and Guider subdivisions northwest of Guider, Far North Region, Mayo-Tsanaga division, Hina and Bourrah subdivisions
• An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.
Example sentence
• The artist used mirrors and lights to create an illusion of eidola.
• any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
Example sentence
• I planted gladiolas in my garden and they bloomed beautifully.
• a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa
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• The ebola virus is causing widespread panic in the affected regions.
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