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gladius

(ˈɡlædɪəs; ˈɡleɪdɪəs)
n, pl -diuses
1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Roman history a short sword used by Roman legionaries
2. (Historical Terms) Roman history a short sword used by Roman legionaries
3. (Animals) a sword-fish
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Jack Renshaw, 23, bought a 19-inch (48cm) Gladius knife to kill the West Lancashire MP and exact revenge on a female police officer who was investigating him for child sex offences.
Jack Renshaw, 23, bought a replica Roman gladius sword to kill Rosie Cooper, who represents West Lancashire, and a female police officer probing him for child sex offences.
The hour and minute hands are the gladius itself - the short Roman sword, carried by its soldiers.
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It is recommended to use other hard structures such as the gladius or beak to estimate the total age of these animals (Arkhipkin & Shcherbich 2012).
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Jack Renshaw, 23, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire, bought a 19inch long Gladius Machete to kill Labour's Rosie Cooper last summer.
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The doratopsis stage is characterized by: elongate, chambered neck and brachial pillar at some point in their development and a gladius that extends posteriorly beyond the fins with a secondary fin in some species or a flotation device or ornamentation usually lost during capture.
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