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English noun: Pliny

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


SynonymsGaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Pliny the Younger


Instance hypernymauthor, writer

2. Pliny (person) Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)


SynonymsGaius Plinius Secundus, Pliny the Elder


Instance hypernymauthor, writer









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