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    PLINY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)play

    Synonyms:

    Gaius Plinius Secundus; Pliny; Pliny the Elder

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    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)play

    Synonyms:

    Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus; Pliny; Pliny the Younger

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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