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Pterodactyl

//ˌtɛɹəˈdæktl̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus. countable
  2. 2
    extinct flying reptile wordnet
  3. 3
    Any pterosaur. broadly, proscribed

    "He described also the iguanodon and the pterodactyl - two of the first of the wonders which they had encountered."

Etymology

From French ptérodactyle, a term coined by Cuvier from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”). By surface analysis, ptero- + -dactyl.

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