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Gryphaea

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Gry-phæ′a

,
p
rop.
Noun.
[NL., fr. I
gryphus
, or
qryps
, gen.
gryphis
, a
griffin
.]
(Zool.)
A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.

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