The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diatryma \Di`a*try"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. dia` through + ? hole.] (Paleon.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.
Wiktionary
n. A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus ''Gastornis'', larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.
Usage examples of "diatryma".
His head was shaven and always capped by an outrageous wide-brimmed hat feathering the gigantic plume of a diatryma bird.
He swept into a low bow, the diatryma feather sticking from the brim of his great hat brushing the floor.
Entreri glanced over at the mercenary and saw the drow holding his wide-brimmed hat in his hand, fiddling with the diatryma feather.
A familiar clicking sounded from the tunnel directly across the small chamber and, a moment later, in swept Jarlaxle, the extraordinary drow mercenary, his wide-brimmed hat festooned with a giant diatryma feather, his vest cut high to reveal rolling lines of muscles across his abdomen.
He is a super-bird, a wingless omnivore like me and thee, who sounds rather like Diatryma a few million years ahead of his time.
Varieties of creatures with vast striking beaks resembling the diatrymas of Earth's Eocene roamed it, and there were some introduced Earth birds, too: The "banana belt" of the northern coastal regions had a climate not unlike the south of New Zealand and there were a few ranches for reconstituted and slightly modified moas, strongly fenced in and over to protect them from the savage and powerful locals.