Category:Odontolcae

O`don*tol"cae, n. pl. Etym: [nl., from gr. (paleon.)

Defn: an extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, Which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes hesperornis, and Allied genera. See hesperornis. [written also odontholcae, and Odontoholcae.]