ornithurine

English

Etymology

From translingual Ornithurae +‎ -ine.

Noun

ornithurine (plural ornithurines)

1. A bird of the clade Ornithurae.
   • 2001 January 12, Erik Stokstad, “PALEONTOLOGY: New Fossil Fills Gap in Bird Evolution”, in Science‎^[1], volume 291, number 5502, →DOI:

     Not only is the specimen a long-coveted ornithurine, but it is also breathtakingly well preserved.

Hypernyms

• ornithuromorph, euornithian

Hyponyms

• cimolopterygid
• hesperornithean
• ichthyornithean
• vegaviid