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SUBCLASS ARCHAEORNITHES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subclass Archaeornithes mean? 

SUBCLASS ARCHAEORNITHES (noun)
  The noun SUBCLASS ARCHAEORNITHES has 1 sense:

1. primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceousplay

  Familiarity information: SUBCLASS ARCHAEORNITHES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBCLASS ARCHAEORNITHES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Archaeornithes; subclass Archaeornithes

Hypernyms ("subclass Archaeornithes" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "subclass Archaeornithes"):

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

genus Ibero-mesornis (a genus of fossil bird of the subclass Archaeornithes)

genus Archaeornis (a genus of fossil bird)

Holonyms ("subclass Archaeornithes" is a member of...):

Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)


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