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gastornithid

gastornithid noun: any extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae.

Noun

gastornithid (plural gastornithids)

  1. Any extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae.
    • However, as the beaks lack hooks typical for carnivorous birds, and calcium isotopes in the bones do not support a meat-based diet (Angst et al., 2014), it is now assumed that gastornithids were herbivores.2017 November 22, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian

Forms of gastornithid

pluralgastornithids

Questions about gastornithid

What does gastornithid mean?
Gastornithid means any extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae.
What part of speech is gastornithid?
Gastornithid is a noun.
What is the plural of gastornithid?
The plural of gastornithid is gastornithids.

Words near gastornithid in the dictionary

  1. Gaston County
  2. gastoned
  3. Gastonia
  4. gastoning
  5. gastons
  6. gastornithid
  7. gastornithids
  8. gastornithiform
  9. Gastown
  10. gastr-
  11. gastraea

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