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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of parasitic hymenopterous insects of the family Proctotrypidæ, typical of the subfamily Platygasterinæ.
  • noun A genus of true bugs of the family Lygæidæ, erected by Schilling in 1829.
  • noun A genus of fishes erected by Swainson in 1839.
  • noun A genus of flies of the family Acroceridæ, erected by Zetterstedt in 1840: same as Sphærogaster.

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