Archaeornithes
plural noun
Ar·chae·or·ni·thes
-ˈȯrnəˌthēz,
-ˌȯrˈnī(ˌ)thēz
: a subclass of Aves comprising the earliest and most primitive of fossil birds, retaining distinctive reptilian characters, and including the two genera Archaeornis and Archaeopteryx
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from archae- + -ornithes
- chalcogens
- chalcographers
- chalcographies
- chalcographists
- chalcolite
- Chalcolithic
- chalcomenite
- chalcone
- chalcophanite
- chalcophile
- chalcophyllite
- chalcopyrite
- chalcopyrites
- chalcosiderite
- chalcosine
- chalcostibite
- chalcostigmae
- chalcostigmas
- chalcostigmata
- chalcotrichite
- Chaldae-Pahlavi
- chaldaeans
- Chaldaic
- chaldaics
- Chaldea