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ounce (2)
ounce [ ownss ] (plural ounce or ounc·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
zoology 
Same as  snow leopard
[14th century. < Old French once, variant of lonce (the l being mistaken for the definite article) < Latin lync- "lynx"]
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