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Webster 1913 Edition


Odontornithes


O-donˊtor-ni-′thes

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ὀδούς
,
ὀδόντος
, a tooth + [GREEK], [GREEK], a bird.]
(Paleon.)
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.