Vegavis
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vega (after Vega Island, Antarctica) + Latin avis (“bird”).
Proper noun[edit]
†Vegavis m
- 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.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Vegavis iaai (sole species)
References[edit]
Vegavis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Vegavis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Vegavis at Paleobiology Database
- 2017 October 7, F. L. Agnolín, F. B. Egli, S. Chatterjee, J. A. G. Marsà, F. E. Novas, Vegaviidae, a new clade of southern diving birds that survived the K/T boundary, Naturwissenschaften, 104(11-12):87, doi: 10.1007/s00114-017-1508-y
