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ornithuromorph
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ornithuromorph (plural ornithuromorphs)
- Any bird of the group Ornithuromorpha.
- 2023 June 3, Carl Zimmer, “How Did Birds First Take Off?”, in The New York Times:
- The lineage that led to all living birds is known as the ornithuromorphs. […] Roughly three-quarters of all species on the planet were wiped out, including all feathered dinosaurs except the ornithuromorphs.
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