GENUS ARCHAEOPTERYX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Archaeopteryx mean? 

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

1. a genus of fossil birds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARCHAEOPTERYX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of fossil birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Archaeopteryx; genus Archeopteryx

Hypernyms ("genus Archaeopteryx" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Archaeopteryx"):

archaeopteryx; Archaeopteryx lithographica; archeopteryx (extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds)

Holonyms ("genus Archaeopteryx" is a member of...):

Archaeornithes; subclass Archaeornithes (primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous)