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odontopterygian

odontopterygian noun: an extinct pelican-like pelagornithid seabird of the suborder Odontopterygia.

Noun

odontopterygian (plural odontopterygians)

  1. An extinct pelican-like pelagornithid seabird of the suborder Odontopterygia.
    • Bone of a presumed Odontopterygian bird from the Miocene of New Zealand.1972, RJ Scarlett, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, article title
    • Riding on the edge of the wind on long, narrow wings are the masters of the ocean sky, small, tube-nosed albatrosses and petrels, and the huge, false-toothed odontopterygians.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 84

Forms of odontopterygian

pluralodontopterygians

Questions about odontopterygian

What does odontopterygian mean?
Odontopterygian means an extinct pelican-like pelagornithid seabird of the suborder Odontopterygia.
What part of speech is odontopterygian?
Odontopterygian is a noun.
What is the plural of odontopterygian?
The plural of odontopterygian is odontopterygians.

Words near odontopterygian in the dictionary

  1. odontoplasts
  2. odontoplasty
  3. odontopleurid
  4. odontopleurids
  5. odontopteroid
  6. odontopterygian
  7. odontopterygians
  8. odontorrhagia
  9. odontoscope
  10. odontoscopes
  11. odontosection

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