lar
Americanabbreviation
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lar
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1580–90
Example Sentences
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And both the lar and western hook Gibbon cross forest gaps.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 15, 2020
But so popu- lar have the Klingons become over the decades that theirs is the most widely spoken fictional language in the world, according to Guinness World Records.
From Time • Jul. 21, 2016
His company has since blossomed into a multimillion-dol lar enterprise.
From Time Magazine Archive
In search of a selective lamprey-larva poison, they tried more than 6,000 different chemicals on jars containing two lamprey lar vae, two bluegill fingerlings and two small rainbow trout.
From Time Magazine Archive
The word quart is supposed to be pronounced like quart, but with a ^ at the end instead of a t, but is usually pronounced to rhyme with lar\.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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