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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of gigantic animals, formerly supposed to be birds, now believed to be dinosaurian reptiles, known by their footprints in the Triassic formation of the Connecticut valley.
  • noun A genus of plants (Linnæus, 1737) of the order Leguminosæ, the tribe Hedysareæ, and the subtribe Coronilleæ, known by the obtuse keel.

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