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IBERO-MESORNIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds
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Hypernyms ("Ibero-mesornis" is a kind of...):
bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Holonyms ("Ibero-mesornis" is a member of...):
genus Ibero-mesornis (a genus of fossil bird of the subclass Archaeornithes)