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odontornithes

odontornithes


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Odontornithes  \O*don`tor*ni*"thes\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  fr.Gr.  'odoy`s, 
  'odo`ntos,  a  tooth  +  ?,  ?,  a  bird.]  (Paleon.) 
  A  group  of  Mesozoic  birds  having  the  jaws  armed  with  teeth, 
  as  in  most  other  vertebrates.  They  have  been  divided  into 
  three  orders:  Odontolc[ae],  Odontotorm[ae],  and  Saurur[ae].