Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARCHAEOPTERYX

Ar `chæ *op "te *ryx, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)

 

Defn: A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

archaeopteryx

ar chae op ter yx |ˌärkēˈäptəriks ˌɑrkiˈɑptərɪks | noun 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. [Archaeopteryx lithographica, subclass Archaeornithes. ] ORIGIN from Greek arkhaios ancient (see archaeo- ) + pterux wing.

 

Oxford Dictionary

archaeopteryx

archaeopteryx |ˌɑːkɪˈɒptərɪks | noun 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. Archaeopteryx lithographica, subclass Archaeornithes. ORIGIN from archaeo- ancient + Greek pterux wing .

 

Spanish Dictionary

archaeopteryx

archaeopteryx nombre masculino Ave de unos 35 cm de longitud, con cola ósea larga, dientes y cuerpo cubierto de plumas; vivió durante el período jurásico .El plural es archaeopteryx .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

archaeopteryx

ar chae op ter yx /ɑ̀ː r kiɑ́ptərɪks |-ɔ́p -/名詞 C 古生物 始祖鳥 〘鳥の最古の祖先とされる 〙.