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For 150 years the creature occupied top spot on the avian evolutionary tree until this summer when the discovery of a close relative suggested it was a mere bird-like dinosaur.
Archaeopteryx regains its perch on the bird family tree 2011
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The drama comes from his family's reactions to this disembodied being who surrounds them as a voice, a Teflon-strung, bird-like chandelier, and tall "bookcases" of flashing, trembling, color-changing lights.
Full-Bodied Arias in a Postorganic World Heidi Waleson 2011
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Kushner is tall, but there is something bird-like in his appearance.
Lily Blau: The Temple and Tony Kushner: Worshiping Art and the Art of Worship Lily Blau 2010
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There is now a very fine line between birds and bird-like dinosaurs, with only some subtle differences between them, added Dr Barrett.
Archaeopteryx regains its perch on the bird family tree 2011
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Kushner is tall, but there is something bird-like in his appearance.
Lily Blau: The Temple and Tony Kushner: Worshiping Art and the Art of Worship Lily Blau 2010
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The museum is obviously suitable and huge fun for children, who won't be puzzled in the way grown-ups are by the ceiling-suspended fish next to what appeared to me to be a hippo and the skeleton of some prehistoric bird-like thing.
An Explosion of Visual Arts Paul Levy 2011
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Kushner is tall, but there is something bird-like in his appearance.
Lily Blau: The Temple and Tony Kushner: Worshiping Art and the Art of Worship Lily Blau 2010
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The tiny bird-like drone has a camera and transmitter and a wingspan of just 17 centimeters.
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βMe good fella boy,β the dandy piped, half bird-like and half elf.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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The group carried out a statistical analysis of its anatomical traits that placed it in a group of bird-like dinosaurs called deinonychosaurs.
Archaeopteryx regains its perch on the bird family tree 2011
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