genus archaeopteryx

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of fossil birds (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	archaeopteryx, archaeopteryx lithographica, archeopteryx,
definition	:	extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	archaeornithes, subclass archaeornithes,
definition	:	primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous (noun.animal)