GENUS PROTOAVIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Protoavis mean? 

• GENUS PROTOAVIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS PROTOAVIS has 1 sense:

1. extinct primitive birds of the Triassic period; 70 million years before archaeopteryx

  Familiarity information: GENUS PROTOAVIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PROTOAVIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct primitive birds of the Triassic period; 70 million years before archaeopteryx

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Protoavis" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Protoavis"):

protoavis (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)

Holonyms ("genus Protoavis" is a member of...):

Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)