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GENUS ARCHAEOPTERYX

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Meaning:

A genus of fossil birds

Synonyms:

genus Archaeopteryx; genus Archeopteryx

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Archaeopteryx" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Archaeopteryx"):

archaeopteryx; Archaeopteryx lithographica; archeopteryx (extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds)

Holonyms ("genus Archaeopteryx" is a member of...):

Archaeornithes; subclass Archaeornithes (primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous)

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