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- noun biology Any of an extinct group of
protobirds of the subclass Enantiornithes - adjective Characteristic of these creatures
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Examples
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In fact, I'm pretty sure there's a large enantiornithine lodged in my windpipe.
Dawn of the Cycads sovay 2009
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A primitive enantiornithine bird and the origin of feathers.
The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view Darren Naish 2006
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A primitive enantiornithine bird and the origin of feathers.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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A primitive enantiornithine bird and the origin of feathers.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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It's an enantiornithine about the same size as a modern starling.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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And Yanornis isn't an enantiornithine - it's a member of a small clade of Cretaceous birds that are more closely related to neornithines than enantiornithines are
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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A complete postorbital bar is seen elsewhere in Mesozoic birds: confuciusornithids and the enantiornithine
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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