He described also the iguanodon and the pterodactyl - two of the first of the wonders which they had encountered.
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Pterodactyl
//ˌtɛɹəˈdæktl̩//
Synonyms for "pterodactyl" (3 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- pterodàctil noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 翼手龍 /翼手龙 noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Esperanto
1 entries- pterodaktilo noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Finnish
1 entries- lentolisko noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
French
1 entries- ptérodactyle noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
German
1 entries- Pterodaktylus noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Greek
1 entries- πτεροδάκτυλος noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Hawaiian
1 entries- peterodaketila noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Italian
1 entries- pterodattilo noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Japanese
2 entries- テロダクティル noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
- プテロダクティルス noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Polish
1 entries- pterodaktyl noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Portuguese
1 entries- pterodáctilo noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Russian
1 entries- птерода́ктиль noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Spanish
1 entries- pterodáctilo noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Swahili
1 entries- pterodaktilo noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Swedish
1 entries- flygödla noun (informal term for any pterosaur)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Had a pterodactyl swooped down from those old-time crags, it would hardly have been out of place.
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Now let me tell you, Brisbane mossies in the sixties were as big as pterodactyls.
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