vegaviid
vegaviid noun: any species of the extinct family Vegaviidae of goose-like birds.
Noun
vegaviid (plural vegaviids)
- Any species of the extinct family Vegaviidae of goose-like birds.
- Vegaviids share a combination of characters related to diving adaptations, including compact and thickened cortex of hindlimb bones, femur with anteroposteriorly compressed and bowed shaft, deep and wide popliteal fossa delimited by a medial ridge, tibiotarsus showing notably proximally expanded...2017 October 7, F. L. Agnolín, F. B. Egli, S. Chatterjee, J. A. G. Marsà, F. E. Novas, Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary, Naturwissenschaften...
Forms of vegaviid
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Origin of vegaviid
From translingual Vegaviidae.
Questions about vegaviid
- What does vegaviid mean?
- Vegaviid means any species of the extinct family Vegaviidae of goose-like birds.
- What part of speech is vegaviid?
- Vegaviid is a noun.
- What is the plural of vegaviid?
- The plural of vegaviid is vegaviids.
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