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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In entomology a notable genus of digger-wasps, typical of the family Philanthidæ, having the third submarginal cell narrow and the antennæ inserted in the middle of the face, not far above the clypeus.
  • noun In ornithology, a genus of meliphagine birds. Also called Manorrhina.

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