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noun
An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1⁄16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A troy ounce, weighing 1⁄12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
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noun
A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1⁄16 of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
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noun
A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 1⁄20 of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
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noun
Any small amount, a little bit.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: snow leopard, Panthera uncia
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noun
Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cryptozoology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: onza
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noun
large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: snow leopard, Panthera uncia
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Broader terms: big cat, cat
noun
a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: oz.
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Broader terms: avoirdupois unit
noun
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: troy ounce, apothecaries' ounce
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Broader terms: troy unit, apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
History
From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza and lynx.
Across languages
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