• n. 始祖鳥

前綴arch-, 始。詞根pet, 翅膀，追求，同appetite.

archaeopteryx (n.)

oldest known fossil bird, 1859, Modern Latin, from archaeo- "ancient, primitive" + Greek pteryx "wing" (see pterodactyl).

1. Paleontologists also debated whether Archaeopteryx could fly.

古生物學(xué)家還討論了始祖鳥是否會飛的問題.

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2. However, the study of archaeopteryx has never stopped.

但是, 關(guān)于始祖鳥的研究,卻一直源源不斷.

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3. Except some with the birds similar characteristic, the archaeopteryx has the beastly foot class dinosaur's characteristic.

除了一些與鳥類相似的特征, 始祖鳥具有很多獸腳類恐龍的特征.

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4. Chinese scientists have successively discovered ten archaeopteryx - type fossils in the Beipiao region of Liaoxi this year.

中國科學(xué)家今年先后在遼西北票地區(qū)發(fā)現(xiàn)十枚始祖鳥類化石.

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