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Meaning of ounce

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ounce
      n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one
           twelfth of a pound [syn: {ounce}, {troy ounce},
           {apothecaries' ounce}]
      2: a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16
         drams or 28.349 grams [syn: {ounce}, {oz.}]
      3: large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish
         fur [syn: {snow leopard}, {ounce}, {Panthera uncia}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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