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Webster 1913 Edition

Ornithoscelida

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Or-niˊtho-scel′i-da

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ὄρνις

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ὄρνιθος

, a bird + [GREEK] a leg.]

(Zool.)

A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds.

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Orˊni-tho-scel′i-dan

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Adj.