ounce has definitions from the fields of zoology,pharmacology
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[ noun ] (pharmacology) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

Used in print

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

William_Beebe reports 26 inches and 2.4 ounces ( this snake must have been emaciated ) for the length and the weight of a young anaconda from British_Guiana .

In contrast , Ditmars recorded the average length of seventy-two young of a 19 - foot female as 38 inches , and four young were_born in London at a length of 35 or 36 inches and a weight of from 14 to 16 ounces .

Beebe had a 3 - foot anaconda that weighed only 9.8 ounces .

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[ noun ] a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams

Synonyms

oz.

Related terms

avoirdupois_unit pound dram

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[ noun ] (zoology) large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

Related terms

big_cat Panthera

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