gastornithid

English

Noun

gastornithid (plural gastornithids)

1. (zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae.
   • 2017 November 22, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     However, as the beaks lack hooks typical for carnivorous birds, and calcium isotopes in the bones do not support a meat-based diet (Angst et al., 2014), it is now assumed that gastornithids were herbivores.