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phorusrhacids

phorusrhacids is the plural of phorusrhacid.

Meaning of phorusrhacid

Noun

phorusrhacid (plural phorusrhacids)

  1. Any of the extinct flightless birds of the family Phorusrhacidae, which inhabited South America from the early Cenozoic era until about 0.1 million years ago.
    • Phorusrhacids have excellent eyesight, so as the Earth continues its path around the sun, and the seasons change, the darkness will not be an encumbrance.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 90
    Synonyms:
    terror bird

Questions about phorusrhacids

What is phorusrhacids the plural of?
Phorusrhacids is the plural of phorusrhacid.

Words near phorusrhacids in the dictionary

  1. phoropters
  2. phororachus
  3. phorozooid
  4. phorozooids
  5. phorusrhacid
  6. phorusrhacids
  7. phos
  8. phosacetim
  9. phosalone
  10. phoscorite
  11. phosdiphen

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