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Meaning of ODONTOPTERYX

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O`don*top"te*ryx\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth + pte`ryx a wing.] (Paleon.)
An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or
dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near
London.
 
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