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Webster 1913 Edition

Epimachus

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E-pim′a-chus

(ē̍-pĭm′ȧ-kŭs)

,

p

rop.

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ἐπίμαχοσ

equipped for battle;

ἐπί

for +

μάχη

battle.]

(Zoöl.)

A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.