ARCHAEOPTERYX


Meaning of ARCHAEOPTERYX in English

ˌärkēˈäptə(ˌ)riks noun

Etymology: New Latin, from archae- + -pteryx

1. capitalized : a genus of primitive reptilelike birds (subclass Archaeornithes) known from only a few specimens from the Upper Jurassic of Europe and having a long slender tail with feathers along each side

2. -es : a bird or fossil of the genus Archaeopteryx or of the subclass Archaeornithes

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