ornithurine

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Etymology

From translingual Ornithurae +‎ -ine.

Noun

ornithurine (plural ornithurines)

  1. A bird of the clade Ornithurae.
    • 2001 January 12, Erik Stokstad, “PALEONTOLOGY: New Fossil Fills Gap in Bird Evolution”, in Science, volume 291, number 5502, →DOI:
      Not only is the specimen a long-coveted ornithurine, but it is also breathtakingly well preserved.

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