IBERO-MESORNIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ibero-mesornis" is a kind of...):

bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Holonyms ("Ibero-mesornis" is a member of...):

genus Ibero-mesornis (a genus of fossil bird of the subclass Archaeornithes)

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