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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ornithology: A genus of broadbills or Eurylæmidæ, containing one species, C. sumatranus. Lesson, 1828.
  • noun A genus of larks: a synonym of Melanocorypha. Gloger, 1842.
  • noun A genus of cockatoos: a synonym of Calyptorhynchus. Wagler, 1830.
  • noun In entomology: A genus of buprestid beetles.
  • noun A genus of butterflies, of the family Papilionidæ. Hewitson, 1869.

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