archeopteryx

• archaeopteryx, archaiopteryx, archæopteryx

From English archaeo- (“ancient”, “primitive”) (from Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)) + English -o- + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”, “bird”).^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: äkē.ŏpʹtərĭks, IPA^(key): /ɑɹkiˈɒptəɹɪks/ (US), IPA^(key): /ɑːkiːˈɒptəɹɪks/,^[1]

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archeopteryx (plural archeopteryxes)

1. A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.
   • 1935, Zoological Society of London, Proceedings, page 758:

     Since Pterosaurians are triassic and the Archæopteryges jurassic we are justified in regarding the actual chronology of external integument in the geological strata as : first, scale ; second, hair ; and third, feather. This inspires us to make a wider appeal to geology in order to have a comprehensive sketch of the avian sequence.

• archeopteryx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Archaeopteryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Archaeopteryx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “archeopteryx”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• archeopteryx, archaeopteryx at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

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1. archeopteryx

• See archón

• “archeopteryx”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “archeopteryx”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989