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IBERO-MESORNIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ibero-mesornis mean?
• IBERO-MESORNIS (noun)
The noun IBERO-MESORNIS has 1 sense:
1. sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds
Familiarity information: IBERO-MESORNIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds
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Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Ibero-mesornis" is a kind of...):
bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Holonyms ("Ibero-mesornis" is a member of...):
genus Ibero-mesornis (a genus of fossil bird of the subclass Archaeornithes)
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