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pterodactyl
pter·o·dac·tyl P0639400 (tĕr′ə-dăk′təl)n. Any of various pterosaurs of the group Pterodactyloidea of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, having a short tail or no tail, and including the pteranodons.
[New Latin Pterodactylus, genus name : Greek pteron, feather, wing; see -pter + Greek daktulos, finger.]
pter′o·dac′ty·loid′ n. & adj.pterodactyl (ˌtɛrəˈdæktɪl) or pterodactylen (Palaeontology) any extinct flying reptile of the genus Pterodactylus and related genera, having membranous wings supported on an elongated fourth digit. See also pterosaur[C19: from ptero- + Greek daktulos finger]pter•o•dac•tyl (ˌtɛr əˈdæk tɪl)
n. any pterosaur, esp. of the sparrow-sized genus Pterodactylus, having a stubby tail and toothed jaws. [1820–30; < New Latin Pterodactylus < Greek pteró(n) wing + -daktylos -dactylous] pter`o•dac•tyl′ic, pter`o•dac′tyl•ous, adj. pter`o•dac′tyl•id, adj., n. pter`o•dac′tyl•oid`, adj. pter·o·dac·tyl (tĕr′ə-dăk′təl) Any of various small, extinct, flying reptiles of the late Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. The pterodactyls were about the size of small to mid-sized birds.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  pterodactyl - extinct flying reptile flying reptile, pterosaur - an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimbgenus Pterodactylus, Pterodactylus - a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae |
Translationsptérodactylepterodáctiloптеродактиль
pterodactyl
pterodactyl (tĕrədăk`tĭl), popular term for a pterosaurpterosaur
[Gr., = winged lizard], extinct flying reptile (commonly called pterodactyl [Gr., = wing finger]) of the order Pterosauria, common in the late Triassic and Cretaceous periods, from approximately 228 to 65 million years ago.
..... Click the link for more information. .pterodactyl[¦ter·ə¦dak·təl] (paleontology) The common name for members of the extinct reptilian order Pterosauria. pterodactyl any extinct flying reptile of the genus Pterodactylus and related genera, having membranous wings supported on an elongated fourth digit pterodactyl
Words related to pterodactylnoun extinct flying reptileRelated Words- flying reptile
- pterosaur
- genus Pterodactylus
- Pterodactylus
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