gastornithid

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noun

Any extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae.

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Meanings

noungastornithid (plural gastornithids)

plural gastornithids

  1. biologyAny extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae.

    However, as the beaks lack hooks typical for carnivorous birds, and calcium isotopes in the bones do not support a meat-based diet (Angst et al., 2014), it is now assumed that gastornithids were herbivores.

    2017 November 22, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian
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