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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical and leading genus of Phœnicopteridæ, usually held to be conterminous with the family, and sometimes divided into four sections —Phœnicopterus proper, Phœniconaias, Phœnicorodias, and Phœnicoparrus.
- noun The constellation Grus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of birds which includes the flamingoes.
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