Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, a genus of African larks of the family Alaudidæ, named by Swainson in 1827 on account of the loug hind claw. There are several species, as M. capensis.
- noun In entomology
- noun A genus of exotic robber-flies of the family Asilidæ.
- noun A genus of arctiid moths.
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Examples of significant paleontology discoveries not known from anywhere else include Dimorphodon macronyx, one of the earliest flying reptiles and Scelidosaurus harrisoni "the Charmouth Dinosaur".
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This resemblance was carefully pointed out by Professor Huxley in his "Hunterian Course" for 1867, when attention was called to the existence in Dimorphodon macronyx of even that small process which in birds gives attachment to the upper end of the merrythought.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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Dimorphodon macronyx: Jurassic Puffin by Zach Miller
Life's Time Capsule: Pterosaur Gallery Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009
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Dimorphodon macronyx: Jurassic Puffin by Zach Miller
Archive 2009-07-01 Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009
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