vuln

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English

A statue of a "pelican in her piety", vulning herself to feed her young.

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Irregularly derived from Latin vulnerāre.

Verb

vuln (third-person singular simple present vulns, present participle vulning, simple past and past participle vulned)

  1. (heraldry, especially of a pelican) To wound (oneself) by biting at the breast.
    The shield depicts a pelican vulning herself.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

vuln (plural vulns)

  1. (computing, informal) A vulnerability (weakness in software etc. that can be maliciously exploited).

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