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An extinct order of birds. It includes only the Archæopteryx.

An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.

See Duck mole, under Duck.

An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.

A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds. -- Or`ni*tho*scel"i*dan, a.

Observation of birds and their habits. [R.] De Quincey.

Of or pertaining to ornithotomy.

One who is skilled in ornithotomy.

The anatomy or dissection of birds.

A mass of otoliths.

ho tried to reorganize society on a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.

The state of being a pagan; paganism. [R.] Cudworth.

The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.

ed to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.

Parthenogenetic.

The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; -- so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity.

on of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity. The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership. Sir W. Raleigh.

The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition. "Penitence of his old guilt." Chaucer. Death is deferred, and penitenance has room To mitigate, if not reverse, the doom. Dryden.

priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases. [Written also penitenser.] [Obs.] Chaucer.

Penitence. [Obs.]