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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
cu·ri·o       [kyoor-ee-oh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ri·os.
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.

[Origin: 1850–55; shortened from curiosity]
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cu·ri·o       (kyŏŏr'ē-ō')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. cu·ri·os
A curious or unusual object of art or piece of bric-a-brac.


[Short for curiosity.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
curio 
"piece of bric-a-brac from the Far East," 1851, shortened form of curiosity.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
curio

noun
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Curio

Cu"ri*o\ (k?"r?-?), n.; pl. Curios (-?z). [Abbreviation of curiosity.] Any curiosity or article of virtu.

The busy world, which does not hunt poets as collectors hunt for curios. --F. Harrison.

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