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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Linnean genus (1735–66) containing the whole of his order Primates, excepting the genera Homo, Lemur, and Vespertilio.
  • noun Now, the name-giving genus of Simiidæ, containing only those apes known as orang-utans.
  • noun A genus of gastropods.

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