ounce (n.)

  1. a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

    [ Syn: troy ounce , troy ounce , apothecaries ounce , apothecaries ounce ]

  2. a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams

    [ Syn: oz. ]

  3. large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

    [ Syn: snow leopard , panthera uncia ]

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