"ounces" in the noun sense
1. ounce, troy ounce, apothecaries' ounce
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound
2. ounce, oz.
a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
3. snow leopard, ounce, Panthera uncia
large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
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