Epithema

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

  Epithema \Ep`i*the"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'epi` upon + ? a case,
     box, fr. ? to place.] (Zo["o]l.)
     A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.
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