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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of fossil birds of the family Hesperornithidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See
Illust. in Append.
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ruzuzu commented on the word hesperornis
"They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches."
--from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
September 18, 2014