Avruga
noun
herring roe with a smoky flavour, sometimes used as a less expensive alternative to caviar
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a tearing away. Law. the sudden removal of soil by change in a river’s course or by a flood, from the land of one owner to that of another. a part torn off. Historical Examples avulsion of the tuberosity of the tibia occasionally occurs in youths, from violent contraction of the quadriceps—as in jumping. Manual […]
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