GENUS ARCHAEORNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Archaeornis mean? 

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

1. a genus of fossil bird

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARCHAEORNIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of fossil bird

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Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Archaeornis"):

archaeornis (extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing)

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

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