archeopteryx

== English == === Alternative forms === archaeopteryx, archaiopteryx, archæopteryx === Etymology === From English archaeo- (“ancient”, “primitive”) (from Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)) + English -o- + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”, “bird”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: äkē.ŏpʹtərĭks, IPA(key): /ɑɹkiˈɒptəɹɪks/ (US), IPA(key): /ɑːkiːˈɒptəɹɪks/, === Noun === archeopteryx (plural archeopteryxes) (paleontology) A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds. ==== Translations ==== === References === archeopteryx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Archaeopteryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Archaeopteryx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “archeopteryx”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “archeopteryx, archaeopteryx”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈarxɛoptɛrɪks] === Noun === archeopteryx m anim (paleontology) archeopteryx ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== See archón === Further reading === “archeopteryx”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “archeopteryx”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989