The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Palamedeae \Pal`a*me"de*[ae]\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
   An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied
   South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many
   anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but
   they externally resemble the wading birds.
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