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archaeornis definition

archae·or·nis (-ôr′nis)

noun

a bird (genus Archaeornis) of the Jurassic Period, that resembled the archaeopteryx

Etymology: ModL < archae(o)- + Gr ornis, bird: see ornitho-

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