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spurious

spu.ri.ous \'spyu.r-e--*s\ aj [LL & L; LL spurius false, fr. L, of 
   illegitimate birth, fr. spuriusX, n., bastard 1: of illegitimate birth : 
   BASTARD  2a: FALSE, COUNTERFEIT  2b: superficially like but morphologically 
   unlike {a ~ fruit}  3: FORGED, FRAUDULENT  - spu.ri.ous.ly av