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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ornithology, the lower part of the crus; the part of the leg just above the suffrago or heel, which is without feathers in most wading or grallatorial birds.
  • noun [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of polyps.
  • noun A genus of hymenopterous insects.

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