Neuropteris

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

  Neuropteris \Neu*rop"te*ris\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron a
     nerve + ? a kind of fern.] (Paleon.)
     An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have
     been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.
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