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prion
n. a sea-bird. See Dove-Petrel.(Grk. priown, a saw.) The sides of its bill are likethe teeth of a s...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
PRION(Πρίων), a mountain in the island of Cos, which is about 2760 feet high. (Plin. Nat. 5.36.) From a scholion ( ad Theocrit. 7.45) it might be inferred that Oromedon was another name for Mount Prion; but according to another ancient commentator Oromedon was either a surname of some divinity, or the name of some wealthy and powerful man.
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n. a sea-bird. See Dove-Petrel.(Grk. priown, a saw.) The sides of its bill are likethe teeth of a s...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris