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fig⋅ur⋅ine

[fig-yuh-reen]
–noun
a small ornamental figure of pottery, metal, plastic, etc.; statuette.

Origin:
1850–55; < F < It figurina, equiv. to figur(a) figure + -ina -ine 1 (here dim.)
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fig·u·rine   (fĭg'yə-rēn')   
n.  A small molded or sculptured figure; a statuette.

[French, from Italian figurina, diminutive of figura, figure, from Latin figūra; see figure.]
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