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SINORNIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sinornis" is a kind of...):
bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Holonyms ("Sinornis" is a member of...):
genus Sinornis (a genus of fossil birds)
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