Odontotormae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Odontotormae \O*don`to*tor"mae\, n.pl. [NL., fr. 'odoy`s,
     'odo`ntos, a tooth + ? a socket.] (Paleon.)
     An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in
     sockets, as in the genus {Ichthyornis}. See {Ichthyornis}.
     [1913 Webster]