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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of dipterous insects.
  • noun A genus of South American catfishes of the family Siluridæ, having a long flattened spatulate snout, a large mouth, six barbels, and scaleless skin.
  • noun In conchology, a genus of gastropods.

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