SINORNIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sinornis mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINORNIS (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:

Nouns denoting animals

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)