archaeopteryx
英 [,ɑːkɪ'ɒptərɪks]
美['ɑrkɪ'ɑptɛrɪks]
- n. 始祖鸟
中文词源
archaeopteryx 始祖鸟
前缀arch-, 始。词根pet, 翅膀，追求，同appetite.
英英释意
- 1. extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds
英文词源
- archaeopteryx (n.)
- oldest known fossil bird, 1859, Modern Latin, from archaeo- "ancient, primitive" + Greek pteryx "wing" (see pterodactyl).
实用场景例句
- Paleontologists also debated whether Archaeopteryx could fly.
- 古生物学家还讨论了始祖鸟是否会飞的问题.
辞典例句
- However, the study of archaeopteryx has never stopped.
- 但是, 关于始祖鸟的研究,却一直源源不断.
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- Except some with the birds similar characteristic, the archaeopteryx has the beastly foot class dinosaur's characteristic.
- 除了一些与鸟类相似的特征, 始祖鸟具有很多兽脚类恐龙的特征.
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