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1.(“the Elder”; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
2.his nephew (“the Younger,” Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) a.d. 62?–c113, Roman writer, statesman, and orator.
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Plin·i·an, adjective
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pliny the elder

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Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79) [syn: Pliny] 

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