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from The Century Dictionary.
- A group of extinct birds, including some of gigantic size, the remains of which are found in the Santa Cruz formation, Miocene, of Patagonia. They have a largo head; a high, compressed, and powerful beak; and a desmognathous palate; and are distantly related to the herons and the Seriema.
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