Vegavis

Translingual

Etymology

From Vega (after Vega Island, Antarctica) + Latin avis (“bird”).

Proper noun

†Vegavis m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Vegaviidae – a single extinct bird species, most closely related to modern ducks and geese, that lived in Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous.

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