Odontopteryx

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Odontopteryx \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.
     [1913 Webster]