"terror bird" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: terror birds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} terror bird (plural terror birds)
  1. Any of the family Phorusrhacidae of extinct flightless birds endemic to South America during the Cenozoic; a phorusrhacid. Wikipedia link: terror bird Categories (lifeform): Birds Translations (phorusrhacid): schrikvogel [masculine] (Dutch)

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