avian
adjective
of or relating to birds.
non-avian
-
a word derived from
avian.
Example Sentences
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The Cretaceous Period ended about 66 million years ago, shortly before the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
Navaornis lived approximately 80 million years ago in what is now Brazil, before the mass extinction event that killed all non-avian dinosaurs.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024
Roughly three-fourths of the planet’s species, most notably non-avian dinosaurs, were wiped out.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
Despite their modest beginnings, birds survived the asteroid strike 66 million years ago that doomed their non-avian dinosaur comrades.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2023
Birds diversified dramatically round about the time of the Cretaceous–Palaeogene extinction event 66 million years ago, which killed off all the non-avian dinosaur lines.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
