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Rima

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Ri´ma
n.1.(Anat.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
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Noun1.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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