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Pecopteris

Pecopteris Meaning & Definition
Pecopteris Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pecopteris?

[n] Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb

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See Also | fern | genus Pecopteris

Pecopteris In Webster's Dictionary

\Pe*cop"te*ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to comb + ? a kind of fern.] (Paleon.) An extensive genus of fossil ferns; -- so named from the regular comblike arrangement of the leaflets.

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