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teratorn

teratorn noun: any of various large birds of prey, now extinct, living in North and South America, of the family Teratornithidae.

Noun

teratorn (plural teratorns)

  1. Any of various large birds of prey, now extinct, living in North and South America, of the family Teratornithidae.
    • Long before man, there were birds even larger than this. The biggest found so far in the fossil record are the teratorns.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 249

Forms of teratorn

pluralteratorns

Questions about teratorn

What does teratorn mean?
Teratorn means any of various large birds of prey, now extinct, living in North and South America, of the family Teratornithidae.
What part of speech is teratorn?
Teratorn is a noun.
What is the plural of teratorn?
The plural of teratorn is teratorns.

Words near teratorn in the dictionary

  1. teratophilia
  2. teratophiliac
  3. teratophiliacs
  4. teratophobia
  5. teratoproteomics
  6. teratorn
  7. teratornithid
  8. teratornithids
  9. teratorns
  10. teratosaurid
  11. teratosaurids

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