Crossword-Solution: ODONTORNITHES
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Odontornithes | n. pl. | A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcae, Odontotormae, and Saururae. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also,
the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many
fishes.
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Sentences with ODONTORNITHES (4)
All existing birds have a horny beak, without teeth; but some Mesozoic fossil birds (Odontornithes) had conical teeth inserted in both jaws.
The principal groups are: Carinat‘, including all existing flying birds; Ratit‘, including the ostrich and allies, the apteryx, and the extinct moas; Odontornithes, or fossil birds with teeth.
The principal groups are: Carinatæ, including all existing flying birds; Ratitæ, including the ostrich and allies, the apteryx, and the extinct moas; Odontornithes, or fossil birds with teeth.
This primitive condition occurs only in the Odontornithes (q.v.), Ratitae and Tinami; in all others this notch becomes converted into a _foramen ischiadicum_, through which pass the big stems of the ischiadic nerves and most of the blood-vessels of the hind-limb.