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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Palamedeæ

· Pal·a·me·de·æ · IPA
01 n. pl. An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters the…
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    An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.(Zool.) Also: screamers