Bullockornis

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Translingual[edit]

Bullockornis fossil skull

Etymology[edit]

Apparently from English Bullock (a place name) (after Bullock Creek, Australia) + Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, bird).

Proper noun[edit]

Bullockornis m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dromornithidae – a single known extinct species of large flightless bird of Australia of the middle Miocene.

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