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Ancon   Listen
noun
Ancon  n.  (pl. L. ancones)  (Anat.) The olecranon, or the elbow.
Ancon sheep (Zool.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; called also the otter breed.



Ancone, Ancon  n.  (Arch.)
(a)
The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. (Obs.)
(b)
A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Ancon" Quotes from Famous Books



... half-wild native black sheep do not readily mix with imported white sheep. In the Forest of Dean, and in the New Forest, the dark and pale coloured herds of fallow deer have never been known to mingle; and even the curious Ancon sheep of quite modern origin have been observed to keep together, separating themselves from the rest of the flock when put into enclosures with other sheep. The same rule applies to birds, for Darwin was informed by the Rev. W.D. Fox that his flocks of white ...
— Darwinism (1889) • Alfred Russel Wallace

... company at all. I may need to talk with some of you, but if I do it will be in a casual manner, just as one tourist might address another. I am traveling alone, understand. I shall stop at the Tivoli, at Ancon, a short distance from Panama, and you will have a cottage in the ...
— Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone - The Plot Against Uncle Sam • G. Harvey Ralphson



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