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PROTOAVIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("protoavis" is a kind of...):
bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Holonyms ("protoavis" is a member of...):
genus Protoavis (extinct primitive birds of the Triassic period; 70 million years before archaeopteryx)
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