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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In herpetology, a remarkable genus of firmisternal batrachians of the family Ranidæ, containing Asiatic frogs whose tongue is angulate behind, whence the name.
- noun In entomology, a genus of coleopterous insects of the family Carabidæ, with one species, O. subcyaneus, of Brazil.
- noun In ornithology, same as
Mniotilta .
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