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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.
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pecopteris

noun
Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb 
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