Avianlike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of birds.

    "Another avianlike feature is the cloaca, the single orifice through which an echidna or platypus voids waste, has sex and lays eggs, and by which the group gets its name."

Example

More examples

"Another avianlike feature is the cloaca, the single orifice through which an echidna or platypus voids waste, has sex and lays eggs, and by which the group gets its name."

Etymology

From avian + -like.

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