phorusrhacid
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Noun[edit]
phorusrhacid (plural phorusrhacids)
- Any of the extinct flightless birds of the family Phorusrhacidae, which inhabited South America from the early Cenozoic era until about 0.1 million years ago.
- Synonym: terror bird
- 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 90:
- Phorusrhacids have excellent eyesight, so as the Earth continues its path around the sun, and the seasons change, the darkness will not be an encumbrance.