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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A superfamily group of picarian birds, approximately equal to the Macrochires of Nitzsch, and now usually consisting of the three families Cypselidœ, Tro-chilidœ, and Caprimulgidœ: same as Cypseloides, Cypseliformes, or Cypselomorphœ.

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