Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of gigantic ratite fossil birds from the Wahsatch group of the Eocene of New Mexico, supposed to be the same as Gastornis (which see). The type-species is D. gigantea. Cope.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Paleon.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.

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  • noun A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis which is larger than the ostrich. They supposedly died out 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek διατρήμα (diatrēma, "canoe").

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