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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The generic name given by Andreas Wagner in 1861 (Griphosaurus problematicus) to the second specimen of the fossil reptilian bird now known as the Archœopteryx macrura. See Archœpteryx. Also written Gryphosaurus.

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