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Definition of: Hesperornis
(hes′pər·ôr′nis) noun
One of a genus (Hesperornis) of extinct swimming birds from the Cretaceous of Kansas with pointed teeth and serpentlike jaws. The type species was six feet long. [<NL <Gk. hesperos western + ornis a bird]
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