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<1, the class of p-w-hyponormal operators is introduced. This class contains all w-hyponormal operators. Certain properties of this class of operators are obtained. First, many properties that the w-hyponormal operators possess are shown to hold for the p-w-hyponormal operators; for example, if T is a p-w-hyponormal operator, then its spectral radius and norm are identical, and the nonzero points of its joint point spectum and point spectum are identical. Secondly, for some special p-w-hyponormal operators, we also prove that their squares are p-w-hyponormal operators; but in general, it is not true for all p-w-hyponormal operators. Lastty, we show that there is no p-w-hyponormal operator in an n-dimensional space unless it is a normal operator.