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Webster 1913 Edition

Phacops

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Pha′cops

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

φακόσ

a lentil +

ὤψ

,

ὠπός

, the eye.]

(Paleon.)

A genus of trilobites found in the Silurian and Devonian formations.

Phacops bufo

is one of the most common species.