The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδιατρήμα“canoe”
- English todaydiatryma
From taxonomic name †Diatryma, a former name for the genus, from Ancient Greek διατρήμα (diatrḗma, “canoe”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
diatryma
Today it means: A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis, larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change. Full definition →
Ancient Greek διατρήμα