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from The Century Dictionary.
- A subfamily of herons, of the family Ardeidæ, represented by the single genus Cancroma, characterized not only by the form of the bill (see
Cancroma ), but also by the possession of 4 instead of 3 or 2 powder-down tracts: a group sometimes elevated to the rank of a family. See cut underboatbill .
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