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Archeopteryx

Definition: Archeopteryx

Archeopteryx

Noun

1. Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Upper Jurassic having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "archeopteryx" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)


Synonym: Archeopteryx

Synonym: archaeopteryx (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Archeopteryx

English words defined with "archeopteryx": genus Archeopteryx. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Archeopteryx" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Dutch (archaeopterix).

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Image Slideshow: Archeopteryx

Computer Images:
Archeopteryx

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Expression: Archeopteryx

Expression using "archeopteryx": genus Archeopteryx. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Archeopteryx

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

archeopteryx

5
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Modern Translation: Archeopteryx

Language Translations for "archeopteryx"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Esperanto

  

arkeopterigo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

archeopteryxay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Archeopteryx

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-o-p-r-r-t-x-y"

-3 letters: archetype, excerptor, excretory, execrator, precatory, procreate, treachery, xerophyte.

-4 letters: apothece, cerotype, coryphee, ephorate, exhorter, exporter, perorate, preacher, pyorrhea, recarpet, receptor, reexport, reproach, threaper, torchere.

-5 letters: apteryx, archery, atrophy, caperer, carport, carroty, caterer, chapter, charpoy, charter, chayote, cheaper, cheater, coexert, coherer, creator, ecotype, eparchy, erector, exacter, exactor, exarchy, excerpt, excreta, exocarp, hectare, ochreae, ocreate.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-o-p-r-r-t-x-y"
 

+1 letter: archaeopteryx.

 

+3 letters: archaeopteryxes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Archeopteryx


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 72 63 68 65 6F 70 74 65 72 79 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110010 01100011 01101000 01100101 01101111 01110000 01110100 01100101 01110010 01111001 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#114 &#99 &#104 &#101 &#111 &#112 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#121 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0072 0063 0068 0065 006F 0070 0074 0065 0072 0079 0078

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

358469747181828671849190

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Archeopteryx"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Esperanto

vortaro, difino, tradukoesperanton

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglan
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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