• IPA: /ˈkjʊə̯ɹiˌəʊ̯/, /ˈkjɜːɹiˌəʊ̯/, /ˈkjɔːɹiˌəʊ̯/

curio (plural curios)

1. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
   • 2013, Joan Lee Faust, The New York Times Garden Book, Revised:

     Staghorn ferns, with their antlerlike leaves, are really curios of ferndom and never fail to gain attention.

• curiosity
• curious

• Russian: дико́вина
• Spanish: curiosidad, objeto curioso