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archæopteryx

archæopteryx is the rare spelling of archeopteryx.

Meaning of archeopteryx

Noun

archeopteryx (plural archeopteryxes)

  1. A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.
    • Since Pterosaurians are triassic and the Archæopteryges jurassic we are justified in regarding the actual chronology of external integument in the geological strata as : first, scale ; second, hair ; and third, feather. This inspires us to make a wider appeal to geology in order to have a...1935, Zoological Society of London, Proceedings, page 758

Forms of archæopteryx

pluralarchæopteryges

Questions about archæopteryx

What is archæopteryx the rare spelling of?
Archæopteryx is the rare spelling of archeopteryx.

Words near archæopteryx in the dictionary

  1. archæology
  2. archæomagnetism
  3. archæophyte
  4. archæophytes
  5. archæopteryges
  6. archæopteryx
  7. Archæozoic
  8. arci
  9. Arcia
  10. Arcias
  11. ARCIC

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