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ounce

/aʊns/ noun C2
  1. Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
  2. Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.

Plural ounces

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Peter Blewett only by sight as a small, shrewish-faced woman without an ounce of superfluous flesh on her bones.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 56 · C1
Dantès noticed that the captain of La Jeune Amélie had, as he neared the land, mounted two small culverins, which, without making much noise, can throw a four ounce ball a thousand paces or so.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 239 · C1
He crossed the finish line in a state of near collapse, having expended every ounce of his available energy.
Shattering the Impossible: The Four-Minute Mile, p. 1 · C1

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