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Definition: DIATRYMA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Diatryma" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Diatryma \Di`a*try"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression dia` through hole.]. (references)

Definition: DIATRYMA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DIATRYMA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Diatryma \Di`a*try"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression dia` through hole.]. (references)