Enaliornis

noun

En·​al·​i·​or·​nis

ə̇ˌnalēˈȯrnə̇s

: a genus comprising Cretaceous swimming birds from the Greensand formations of England and related to Hesperornis

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from enali- (from Greek enalios of the sea) + -ornis

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