archeopteryx

[Gr. ἀρχαῖος (archaios) = ancient, and πτέρυξ ( pterux ) = a wing, a bird.] Palcont .: A genus of fo il birds. A. litho graphic a ( Von Meyer ) is a fo il bird allied to the Gallinaceæ, but constituting a distinct order in the cla of Birds in the opinion of Profe or Owen. Mr. Parker makes it akin to the Palamedea, or Screamer. It has teeth and a lizard-like tail It occurs in the Solenhofen Shale, believed to be of Upper Oolitic age. [SAURURE.] 289 ar-cha-ic, tar-cha-ic-al, a [In Fr. arc haique ; Gr. ἀρχαϊκός ( archaikos ), οι ἀρχαιῖκός (archaiikos) = old-fashioned; ἀρχαΐζω (archaizo) = to be old-fashioned; ἀρχαῖος ( ar chaios) ancient; ἀρχή ( urche ) = beginning.] Pertaining to antiquity. .. not devoid of information to the archaic student."-Way: Pref. to Prompt . Parv. (1843), 1. 7. "It was engraved on a brazen pillar, in Greek characters of an archaic form, but, as it appears, was composed in the Latin language"-Lewis: Early Rom. Hist ., ch. v., § 7. "What is sentimental, romantic, archaic , or patriarchal in the Homeric politics.."-Gladstone: Studies on Homer, vol. 111., pp. 6, 7. * ar-chai-o-log-ick, a . [ARCHEOLOGIC.] * ar-chai-ol-o-gy, s. [ARCHEOLOGY.] ar'-cha-ism, s. [In Ger. archaism ; Fr. arch a is me; Ital. arcaismo ; Gr. ἀρχαῖος ( archaios ) = ancient, from ἀρχή ( arc he ) = beginning.] An obsolete word or idiom which has lingered behind, and appears (though somewhat out of place) in a more modern composition.