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Chorion
Chorion Cho"ri*on, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development. (b) The true skin, or cutis. 2. (Bot.) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
Historionomer
Historionomer His*to`ri*on"o*mer, n. [Gr. ? history + ? to distribute.] One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them. And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races. --Lowell.
Morion
Morion Mo"ri*on, n. [F. morion, Sp. morrion; cf. Sp. morra the upper part of the head, morro anything that is round.] A kind of open helmet, without visor or beaver, and somewhat resembling a hat. A battered morion on his brow. --Sir W. Scott.
Morion
Morion Mo"ri*on, n. [G.] (Min.) A dark variety of smoky quartz.

Meaning of ORION from wikipedia

- Look up Orion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orion may refer to: Orion (constellation), named after the mythical hunter Orion (mythology), a hunter...
- Orion's Belt asterism. Orion also hosts the radiant of the annual Orionids, the strongest meteor shower ****ociated with Halley's Comet, and the Orion...
- Orion (Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program. The spacecraft consists...
- The Orion Arm, also known as the Orion–Cygnus Arm, is a minor spiral arm within the Milky Way Galaxy spanning 3,500 light-years (1,100 p****cs) in width...
- Orion Releasing, LLC (doing business as Orion Pictures) is an American film production and distribution company owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary...
- Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically including metals, concentrated above background levels, and that...
- south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae and is...
- Orion is greeted by Dark, the embodiment of his worst fear, in his bedroom. Tired of Orion's constant complaints about him, Dark offers to take Orion...
- In Gr**** mythology, Orion (/əˈraɪən/; Ancient Gr****: Ὠρίων or Ὠαρίων; Latin: Orion) was a giant huntsman whom Zeus (or perhaps Artemis) placed among the...
- of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Orion, after the hunter Orion of Gr**** mythology: HMS Orion (1787) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line...