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rima

(ˈriːmə)

(Anatomy) anatomy a long narrow opening, esp between the vocal cords and the cartilages at the back of the larynx

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rima - a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts

orifice, porta, opening - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"

mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"

pudendal cleavage, pudendal cleft, pudendal slit, rima pudendi, rima vulvae, urogenital cleft, vulvar slit - the fissure between the labia majora

glottis vera, rima glottidis, rima vocalis, true glottis - the space between the two true vocal folds

false glottis, glottis spuria, rima respiratoria, rima vestibuli - the opening between the false vocal folds

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Naturally enough this was a long poem in the terza rima of the "Divina Commedia," and dealing with a story of our civil war in a fashion so remote that no editor would print it.

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I would speak of the bread-fruit tree, very abundant in the island of Gilboa; and I remarked chiefly the variety destitute of seeds, which bears in Malaya the name of "rima."

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