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(The Brazilian name.) The name given to the birds belonging to the genus Crotophaga, and indeed to those ranked under the sub-family Crotophaginæ, a division of the Cuculidæ, or Cuckoos. The typical an is those of the genus Crotophaga-are found in South America in companies. They are about the size of our blackbird. *ăn'-ie, a. [ANY.]