Pygopodes

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

  Pygopodes \Py*gop"o*des\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
     A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes,
     divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back.
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