Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun archaeopteryx

1 sense of archaeopteryx

Sense 1
archaeopteryx, archeopteryx, Archaeopteryx lithographica -- (extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds)
       => bird -- (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)