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protoavis
a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years. -
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protero-
anterior or former in time, place, order, etc -
protochordate
any of the nonvertebrate chordates, as the tunicates, cephalochordates, and hemichordates. -
protocontinent
an actual or hypothetical landmass that might later be enlarged into a major continent or broken up into smaller ones. -
protodeacon
a chief deacon in the Greek Church.