Acinaces


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A`cin´a`ces


n.1.(Anc. Hist.) A short sword or saber.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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First record of three species namely Gerres filamentosus (Gerres acinaces and Gerres lucidus of Gerreids (Pisces: Perciformes) from the Jaffina, Lagoon, Sri Lanka were discussed by Shutharsan and Sivashanthini, [14].
Evaluation the quality of the oil waste histological changes in the ovaries of the whipfin fish, Gerres filamentosus (Cuvier, 1829) during the reproductive cycle in the Hurghada Red Sea, Egypt
Gametogenic development and spawning of the razor clam, Zenatia acinaces in northeastern New Zealand.
Annual reproductive cycle and condition index of the New Zealand surf clam Mactra murchisoni (Deshayes, 1854) (Bivalvia: Mactridae)
Food selectivity of an Arabian Peninsula's cyprinid fish, Cyprinion acinaces. J.
Studies on the Feeding Ecology of Cyprinion mhalensis Dwelling in Wadi Bua, Taif, Saudi Arabia
corpori Cyri] dare volebat inferias), Yardley writes of Alexander 'wishing to pay funeral honours to the corpse of Cyrus', but inferiae means 'sacrifices to the dead.' At 1.31: Alexander found an acinaces in Cyrus' grave.
J.E. Atkinson, Curtius Rufus: Histories of Alexander the Great Book 10. Clarendon Ancient History Series
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