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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A superfamily group, made by Newton an order, of ratite birds, based upon and including only the family Apterygidœ (which see).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.

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