Confuciusornis

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin Cōnfūcius (“Confucius”) +‎ -ornis (“bird”, from Ancient Greek ὄρνῑς (órnīs)). Coined by Chinese ornithologist and paleontologist Lianhai Hou, Chinese paleontologist Zhou Zhonghe, ornithologist Yucai Gu and Chinese paleornithologist Jiangyong Zhang in 1995. === Pronunciation === English: (General American) IPA(key): /kənˌfju.ʃəsˈoɹ.nɪs/ === Proper noun === †Confuciusornis m A taxonomic genus within the family Confuciusornithidae – certain extinct primitive birds. ==== Derived terms ==== Confuciusornithidae Confuciusornithiformes Eoconfuciusornis ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: طَائِر كُونْفُوشِيُوس (ṭāʔir kūnfūšiyūs) (calque) → Chinese: 孔子鳥 / 孔子鸟 (kǒngzǐniǎo) (calque) → Japanese: 孔子鳥 (kōshichō) → Korean: 공자새 (gongjasae) → Polish: konfuciuzornis → Russian: конфуциусо́рнис (konfuciusórnis) → Ukrainian: конфуціусо́рніс (konfuciusórnis) === See also === Confuciusornis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Confuciusornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Confuciusornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons