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pecopteris


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pecopteris  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pecopteris 
  n  :  Carboniferous  fossil  fern  characterized  by  a  regular 
  arrangement  of  the  leaflets  resembling  a  comb 




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