BRACHIA

BRACHIUM

brachium

(noun) (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

brachia

plural of brachium

Source: Wiktionary


Brach"i*a, n. pl.

Definition: See Brachium.

BRACHIUM

Brach"i*um, n.; pl. Bracchia (. Etym: [L. brachium or bracchium, arm.] (Anat.)

Definition: The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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