02319 Copts (?), n. pl.; sing sing. singw Copt /singw (#). /sing [See Coptic.] (Etnol.) 1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile. note &hand; they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria. /note
02475 E*las`mo*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a metal plate + a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.
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