SI unit of mass, briefly (4)

I believe the answer is:

kilo

(Other definitions for kilo that I've seen before include "Lewis Carroll heroine" , "Metric unit of weight" , "2.2 lbs" , "Prefix for thousand" , "Metric weight (abbrev.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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