Meanings
nounornithurine (plural ornithurines)
plural ornithurines
- A bird of the clade Ornithurae.
Not only is the specimen a long-coveted ornithurine, but it is also breathtakingly well preserved.
2001 January 12, Erik Stokstad, “PALEONTOLOGY: New Fossil Fills Gap in Bird Evolution”, in Science, volume 291, number 5502, →DOI
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Origin
- translingualOrnithurae
- Englishornithurine
From translingual Ornithurae + -ine.
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APA
ornithurine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornithurine
MLA
“ornithurine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornithurine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ornithurine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornithurine.
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