Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of birds of the family Chionididœ.
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Weddell Island a large number of geological specimens, lichens, &c., and some twenty penguins and chionis.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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