proceri

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In ornithology, in Illiger's system of classification, a group of birds, the same as Ratitæ of Merrem, embracing the struthious birds, or ostriches and their allies: so called from their procere or tall stature.

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Bibliotheca historica. A.I.G. Meuselio ita digesta ut pæne novum opus videri possit Burcard Gotthelff Struve 1782
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A Complete Collection of the Medical and Philosophical Works of John Fothergill 1781