Anomalopteryx

noun

Anom·​a·​lop·​ter·​yx

əˌnäməˈläptəˌriks

: a genus of moas of slender build and a height of three or four feet

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from anomal- + -pteryx

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

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