Praecoces

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

  Praecoces \Pr[ae]"co*ces\, n. pl. [NL. See {Precocious}.]
     (Zool.)
     A division of birds including those whose young are able to
     run about when first hatched.
     [1913 Webster]