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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In zoology, the typical genus of ctenophorans of the family Cydippidæ, having retractile filiform fringed tentacles, and a transparent colorless gelatinous body, divided radially into eight parts by the ctenophores.
  • noun A genus of spiders.
  • noun In entomology, a genus of beetles.

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