teratorn

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noun

Any of various large birds of prey, now extinct, living in North and South America, of the family Teratornithidae.

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Meanings

nounteratorn (plural teratorns)

plural teratorns

  1. Any of various large birds of prey, now extinct, living in North and South America, of the family Teratornithidae.

    Long before man, there were birds even larger than this. The biggest found so far in the fossil record are the teratorns.

    2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 249

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teratorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teratorn

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“teratorn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teratorn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teratorn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teratorn.

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