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magnum

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
magnum /ˈmagnəm/

▶noun (pl. magnums)

1 a wine bottle of twice the standard size, normally 1 1/2 litres.

2 (trademark in the US) a gun designed to fire cartridges that are more powerful than its calibre would suggest.

– origin C18: from L., neut. (used as n.) of magnus ‘great’.

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foramen magnum - magnum opus

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