Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of longicorn beetles, of the group Cerambyci, characterized by the rounded cavities of the front coxæ, an acutely triangular scutellum, a lateral spine, but no dorsal callosities on the thorax, and elytra and thighs spinose at the tip.
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Examples
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Hardly-the only ones taking it on the chion will be the tax payer who bails this mess out
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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Within the stan-chion, a pair of tiny green lights winked to life.
The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997
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Letting go of the stan-chion she was clinging to, she carefully transferred her'self to the machine.
The Black Hole Foster, Alan Dean 1979
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Sam Pluta: data structures / monoliths ii (for chion) -- live video cutup mayhem.
MAKE Magazine 2009
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Sam Pluta: data structures / monoliths ii (for chion) -- live video cutup mayhem.
MAKE Magazine 2009
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Sam Pluta: data structures / monoliths ii (for chion) -- live video cutup mayhem.
Daily DIY 2009
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Agus f6s ata do reir dhlighidh nach tted a chion ara fhine (mur adertha cion comhoguis) & go tted a edhreacht alainr. h afine ara fhon fin.
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An fionghalach umuro bherid fine adb - iobhadh&dhe Sc ni bherid a chion & ni bhercan - nfomh diobhadh na fine & bcridh a cion.
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And Keating*s account in mentioning Daire Do - ranmore as one of the ufurpers, feems to be the more inconfiflent, as the faid Daire was the grand* father of Luig Allathach by his fon Caibre Crooh chion, according to his own genealogy of Giiue the fecond monarch of Ireland, befides the oo - natural order of placing Luig Allathach in d% firft rank of the ufurpers before his faid gnndb. ther.
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