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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Pl. gongyli (-lī). In bot.: A name given to a spore of certain fungi. Imp. Dict, A round, hard, deciduous body connected with the reproduction of certain seaweeds.
  • noun [capitalized] In zoöl.: A genus of orthopterous insects.
  • noun A genus of lizards, of the family Sepidæ.

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