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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Protopteridæ, containing the African mudfish, P. annectens.
- noun [lowercase] A member of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
komtok .
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