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May 27, 2012
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si•er•ra



Pronunciation: (sē-er'u), [key]
—n.
1. a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
2. any of several Spanish mackerels of the genus Scomberomorus, esp. S. sierra, found in western North America.
3. a word used in communications to represent the letter S.

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