Arion

noun

Ari·​on

əˈrīən

: a genus of slugs including a common European black slug (A. ater)

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Greek areíones (plural), "kind of snail or slug"

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Rhymes for Arion

• carrion
• clarion
• hereon
• marian
• parian
• agrarian
• aquarian
• barbarian
• bavarian
• bulgarian
• cimmerian
• hungarian