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GENUS ARCHAEOPTERYX
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of fossil birds
Synonyms:
genus Archaeopteryx; genus Archeopteryx
Classified under:
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)
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