Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fossil bird; the fossilized remains of a bird. The oldest fossil known to be that of a bird is Jurassic. See cut under
Archæopteryx .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The fossil remains of a bird.
- noun A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun paleontology The
fossil remains of abird . - noun A
stone of various colours bearing thefigures of birds.
Etymologies
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ornitho- + -lite
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