Polypterus

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

  Polypterus \Po*lyp`te*rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s many + ?
     feather, wing.] (Zool.)
     An African genus of ganoid fishes including the bichir.
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