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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In Blyth's system of classification (1849), the third division of his Strepitores, divided into the Trogonoides and Cypseloides, the former consisting of the trogons alone, the latter of the goatsuckers, swifts, and humming-birds.
  • Same as Heterodactylæ. See heteropelmous.

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