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Pro-Avis

Pro-Avis is the alternative form of Proavis.

Meaning of Proavis

Noun

Proavis (plural Proaves)

  1. Any of various hypothetical extinct species or taxa that were coined in the early 20th century in an attempt to support and explain the hypothetical evolutionary steps and anatomical adaptations leading from non-avian theropod dinosaurs to birds.

Forms of Pro-Avis

pluralPro-Aves

Origin of Pro-Avis

From pro- + Latin avis (“bird”)

Questions about Pro-Avis

What is Pro-Avis the alternative form of?
Pro-Avis is the alternative form of Proavis.

Words near Pro-Avis in the dictionary

  1. pro-ana
  2. pro-anas
  3. pro-Asiatic
  4. pro-attitude
  5. Pro-Aves
  6. Pro-Avis
  7. pro-birth
  8. pro-black
  9. pro-build
  10. pro-bureaucratic
  11. pro-business

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pro-Avis (page history and authors); Proavis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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