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"Archaeopteryx" Definition

noun

An extinct primitive bird of the genus Archaeopteryx of the Jurassic Period, having lizardlike characteristics such as teeth and a long bony tail. It may represent a transitional form between dinosaurs and birds.
A primitive crow-sized bird (genus ) of the Upper Jurassic period of Europe having reptilian characteristics (as teeth and a long bony tail).
The oldest known fossil bird, of the late Jurassic period. It had feathers, wings, and hollow bones like a bird, but teeth, a bony tail, and legs like a small coelurosaur dinosaur.

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