ARCHAEOPTERYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does archaeopteryx mean? 

• ARCHAEOPTERYX (noun)
  The noun ARCHAEOPTERYX has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ARCHAEOPTERYX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCHAEOPTERYX (noun)

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Meaning:

Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

archaeopteryx; Archaeopteryx lithographica; archeopteryx

Hypernyms ("archaeopteryx" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Holonyms ("archaeopteryx" is a member of...):

genus Archaeopteryx; genus Archeopteryx (a genus of fossil birds)