ARCHAEORNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does archaeornis mean? 

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

1. extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCHAEORNIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("archaeornis" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Holonyms ("archaeornis" is a member of...):

genus Archaeornis (a genus of fossil bird)