Definition of Genus Archaeopteryx

1. Noun. A genus of fossil birds.

Exact synonyms: Genus Archeopteryx
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Archaeornithes, Subclass Archaeornithes
Member holonyms: Archaeopteryx, Archaeopteryx Lithographica, Archeopteryx

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Archaeopteryx

genus Aquilegia
genus Ara
genus Arabidopsis
genus Arabis
genus Arachis
genus Aralia
genus Aramus
genus Aranea
genus Araneus
genus Araucaria
genus Araujia
genus Arbutus
genus Arca
genus Arcella
genus Arceuthobium
genus Archaeopteryx (current term)
genus Archaeornis
genus Archeopteryx
genus Archidiskidon
genus Archilochus
genus Architeuthis
genus Archosargus
genus Arctictis
genus Arctium
genus Arctocebus
genus Arctocephalus
genus Arctonyx
genus Arctostaphylos
genus Arctotis
genus Ardea

Literary usage of Genus Archaeopteryx

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theory of Evolution: With Special Reference to the Evidence Upon which by William Berryman Scott (1917)
"... Jurassic life of Europe and here were discovered two nearly complete skeletons of the most ancient known bird, belonging to the genus Archaeopteryx. ..."

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