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Webster 1913 Edition

Aucupation

Auˊcu-pa′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

aucupatio

, fr.

auceps

, contr. for

aviceps

;

avis

bird +

capere

to take.]

Birdcatching; fowling.

[Obs.]

Blount.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aucupation

AUCUPA'TION

,

Noun.

[L. aucupatio, from aucupor, of avis and capio.] The act or practice of taking birds; fowling; bird-catching. [Little used.]