Etymology

enantiornithine

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Today it means: Any of an extinct group of protobirds of the Enantiornithes. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὄρνιθος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄρνιθος“bird”
  2. English todayenantiornithine

From enanti- + + Ancient Greek ὄρνιθος (órnithos, “bird”) + -ine.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὄρνῑς all →

ornithorhynchus

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