Aucupation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aucupation \Au`cu*pa"tion\, n. [L. aucupatio, fr. auceps, contr.
     for aviceps; avis bird + capere to take.]
     Birdcatching; fowling. [Obs.] --Blount.
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