phorusrhacid

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noun

Any of the extinct flightless birds of the family Phorusrhacidae, which inhabited South America from the early Cenozoic era until about 0.1 million years ago.

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Meanings

nounphorusrhacid (plural phorusrhacids)

plural phorusrhacids

  1. Any of the extinct flightless birds of the family Phorusrhacidae, which inhabited South America from the early Cenozoic era until about 0.1 million years ago.

    Phorusrhacids have excellent eyesight, so as the Earth continues its path around the sun, and the seasons change, the darkness will not be an encumbrance.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 90

    Synonyms: terror bird

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the extinct flightless birds of the family Phorusrhacidae, which inhabited South America from the early Cenozoic era until about 0.1 million years ago.

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terror bird
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