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opisthocomids

opisthocomids is the plural of opisthocomid.

Meaning of opisthocomid

Noun

opisthocomid (plural opisthocomids)

  1. Any bird of the family Opisthocomidae, which comprises the hoazin and extinct relatives.
    • Miller (1953) described an avian cranium from the Miocene of Colombia as an opisthocomid, Hoazinoides magdalenae.1992, Kenneth E. Campbell, editor, Papers in Avian Paleontology: Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, page 135

Questions about opisthocomids

What is opisthocomids the plural of?
Opisthocomids is the plural of opisthocomid.

Words near opisthocomids in the dictionary

  1. opisthoclines
  2. opisthocoelian
  3. opisthocoelous
  4. opisthocoely
  5. opisthocomid
  6. opisthocomids
  7. opisthocomiform
  8. opisthocomiforms
  9. opisthocomine
  10. opisthocranion
  11. opisthodelphic

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