Ptilopteri

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

  Ptilopteri \Pti*lop"te*ri\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a downy
     feather + ? wing.] (Zool.)
     An order of birds including only the penguins.
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