macropteres

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macropteres - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Macropteres \Ma*crop"te*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? long +
     ptero`n feather, wing.] (Zool.)
     A division of birds; the Longipennes.
     [1913 Webster]