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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of chenomorphic birds, represented by the genera Palamedea and Chauna, forming a separate suborder, Palamedeæ or Anhimoideæ, related to the lamellirostral birds and to the Alectorides; the kamichis and chahas.

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