ODONTOLCAE

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


n.

An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis. [Written also Odontholcae, and Odontoholcae.]


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