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pri·on [ pr òn ] (plural pri·ons)


noun 
Definition:
 
small seabird: a small seabird with a serrated beak and soft blue-gray markings like a pigeon's. Native to: southern oceans.  Genus Pachyptila.

[Mid-19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek priōn "saw"]
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