Proceres

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

  Proceres \Proc"e*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. procer ? chief.]
     (Zool.)
     An order of large birds; the Ratit[ae]; -- called also
     {{Proceri}}.
     [1913 Webster]