| amia | <zoology> A genus of fresh water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. Origin: L, fr. Gr. A kind of tunny. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| annual | <biology, plant biology> Describes a plant or other organism that completes its whole life cycle in one year Occuring yearly. (09 Oct 1997) |
| annual reports | Annual statements concerning the administrative and operational functions of an institution or organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mean annual increment | The annual average growth rate for a tree, computed over its entire life cycle. (05 Dec 1998) |
| excess annual growth | The amount by which new forest growth exceeds removal in a year. The annual quantity of wood produced in a forest in excess of market demand. (05 Dec 1998) |