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-ota
2- a plural suffix occurring in taxonomic names, especially of phyla:
Eumycota.
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Sesshiu, the remarkable painter who founded the school bearing his name, was of the noble family of Ota, and was born in 1440.
They went down by a nearly impassable road, then turning to the right, proceeded along the gloomy valley of Ota.
Allied to the Stinger (ota) of Yoruba, and Idzalco, the fighter which makes one go.
Ota, angrily flinging down the flower, turned away, after an impulse to force his way into the house and help himself to the coat.
Striking across the mountains, which rise sheer from the sea, we come to Cape Ota, the most westerly point of Yezo.
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