odontopterygian

English

Noun

odontopterygian (plural odontopterygians)

1. An extinct pelican-like pelagornithid seabird of the suborder Odontopterygia.
   • 1972, RJ Scarlett, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, article title:

     Bone of a presumed Odontopterygian bird from the Miocene of New Zealand.

   • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 84:

     Riding on the edge of the wind on long, narrow wings are the masters of the ocean sky, small, tube-nosed albatrosses and petrels, and the huge, false-toothed odontopterygians.