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Vinony

pristine

adjective

  1. new or almost new, and in very good condition
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρίστις (prístis, “saw, sawfish”).

  1. Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.

    “This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).”