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CLIONE

\kla͡ɪˈə͡ʊni], \kla‍ɪˈə‍ʊni], \k_l_aɪ_ˈəʊ_n_i]\

Definitions of CLIONE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A genus of naked pteropods. One species (papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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