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from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of Jurassic birds represented by the genus Archæopteryx, and conterminous with the subclass Saururæ: correlated with Pteropappi (or Odontotormæ) and with Dromæopappi (or Odontolcæ). See cut under
Archæopteryx .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun plural (Zoöl.) An extinct order of birds. It includes only the Archæopteryx.
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chained_bear commented on the word ornithopappi
"A former order of extinct birds of the late Jurassic period which included the genus Archaeopteryx." (OED)
September 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word ornithopappi
What a snappy word!
September 9, 2008