Bion

[ bahy-on ]

/ ˈbaɪ ɒn /

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noun

flourished c100 b.c., Greek pastoral poet.

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biomimetics, biomimicry, biomodeling, biomorph, biomorphic, Bion, Biondi, bionecrosis, bionic, bionics, bionomics

How to use Bion in a sentence

He had an uncle, the Abbe Gaubert, cur of Bion to whose generous interest the future politician owed his first advances in life.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
The generative cycle proceeds from ovum to ovum in one and the same bion or physiological individual.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel
Ye delight in the ode: one man is pleased with iambics; another with satires written in the manner of Bion, and virulent wit.
The Works of Horace|Horace
The statement of Moschus that Bion was poisoned by certain enemies appears to be intended as an assertion of actual fact.
Adonais|Shelley

See the passage from Bion (p. 64), 'One in a golden vessel bears water, and another laves the wound.'
Adonais|Shelley