Etymology

hesperornithid

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Today it means: Any extinct avialan in the family Hesperornithidae. Full definition →

translingual Hesperornithidae
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  1. translingual · derived fromHesperornithidae
  2. English todayhesperornithid

From translingual Hesperornithidae, from Hesperornis (“genus name”).

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