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Archaeopteryx
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Arˊchæ-op′te-ryx
,Noun.
[Gr.
ἀρχαῖοσ
ancient + πτέρυξ
wing.] (Paleon.)
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.