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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Aucupation

· Au·cu·pa·tion · IPA

01 n. Birdcatching; fowling.

[L. aucupatio, fr. auceps, contr. for aviceps; avis bird + capere to take.]

1.
Birdcatching; fowling.[Obs.]

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