PROTOAVIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protoavis mean? 

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

1. most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTOAVIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs

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Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Protoavis (extinct primitive birds of the Triassic period; 70 million years before archaeopteryx)