archaeopteryx

前缀arch-, 始。词根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.

古生物学家还讨论了始祖鸟是否会飞的问题.

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

但是, 关于始祖鸟的研究,却一直源源不断.

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

除了一些与鸟类相似的特征, 始祖鸟具有很多兽脚类恐龙的特征.

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

中国科学家今年先后在辽西北票地区发现十枚始祖鸟类化石.