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Archaeopteryx

noun
1.
Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds.  Synonyms: Archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx.



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... with the Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley—it makes nice, light reading to pick up between times. Do you know what an archaeopteryx is? It's a bird. And a stereognathus? I'm not sure myself, but I think it's a missing link, like a bird with teeth or a lizard with wings. No, it isn't either; I've just looked in the ...
— Daddy-Long-Legs • Jean Webster


Words linked to "Archaeopteryx" :   genus Archeopteryx, Archaeopteryx lithographica, bird, genus Archaeopteryx, archeopteryx


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