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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Birds with teeth; a group of Aves having true teeth implanted in separate sockets or in a continuous groove.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Paleon.) A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcæ, Odontotormæ, and Saururæ.

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