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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of cycadaceous fossil plants, with linear leaves attached to the rachis by the full width of their bases, and at right angles to it; the nervation is simple and parallel to the length of the leaf.
  • noun A genus of fishes of the family Cichlidæ.

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