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archaeopteryx |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Archaeopteryx \Ar`ch[ae]*op"te*ryx\, n. [Gr. 'archai^os ancient + pte`ryx wing.] (Paleon.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebr[ae] with feathers along each side and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: archaeopteryx n : extinct primitive toothed bird of the Upper Jurassic having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds [syn: {archeopteryx}, {Archaeopteryx lithographica}]
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