sao — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

good, largest, largest, next

The largest sao in the city just opened a new branch downtown last month.

VERB + SAO

go, head, leave, projecting, time, visited, went

We're heading to the São Paulo airport tomorrow morning to catch our flight.

SAO + NOUN

museum, northia, paulo, paulo's, tubicola, week

I visited the Sao Paulo museum last week during my trip to Brazil.

PREP.

from, in

The tourists were exhausted from sao Paulo's intense summer heat and humidity.

ADV.

away, such

The children ran sao away from the dog that was chasing them down the street.

Definitions

name

1

A nereid (sea nymph) in Greek mythology.

2

A moon of Neptune, named after the nymph.

noun

1

Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinoecia, especially Hyalinoecia tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.

The use of the tube is to protect the body from the pressure of the soft mud in which it stands immersed. When the tube is overset or cast out by the waves or accident, the worm leaves it, and becomes, in its turn, exposed to enemies. To protect itself from these while a new tube is being secreted, nature has amply furnished the Sao with a series of bristling lances on each side. These arms are of exquisite make, very fine and very sharp; and those of the upper bundle have their points bent and inclined towards those of the lower bundle, which are likewise bent to meet them.

Amongst the other genera belonging to this group of Euniceans, there are one or two which inhabit tubes. Such is the Sao (Northia tubicola of Johnston, the Nereis tubicola of Müller), and the Onuphis conchilega of Sars.

noun

1

Initialism of session-at-once, a recording mode for optical discs.

2

Initialism of Specified Associated Organisation.

3

Initialism of school attendance order.

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Example Bank

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01

The use of the tube is to protect the body from the pressure of the soft mud in which it stands immersed. When the tube is overset or cast out by the waves or accident, the worm leaves it, and becomes

Wiktionary

02

Amongst the other genera belonging to this group of Euniceans, there are one or two which inhabit tubes. Such is the Sao (Northia tubicola of Johnston, the Nereis tubicola of Müller), and the Onuphis

Wiktionary

03

The family Eunicidæ is distinguished by a long and numerously segmented body, and a distinct and projecting head. […] The Sao, [Northia tubicola] one of this family, lives in a tube which it construct

Wiktionary

04

He is the owner of four very big farms in the interior of Sao Paulo.

Tatoeba · #1182888

05

In February, I was in Sao Paulo.

Tatoeba · #1735123

06

We visited Sao Paulo's largest museum.

Tatoeba · #2617167

Usage Notes

i Register

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