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      ounce
      noun
      large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
      a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
      a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound
      Roots
      unciaounce- · Latin · twelfth part
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