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pterodactyl
[ ter-uh-dak-til ]
noun
- any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
pterodactyl
/ ˌɛəˈæɪ /
noun
- any extinct flying reptile of the genus Pterodactylus and related genera, having membranous wings supported on an elongated fourth digit See also pterosaur
pterodactyl
/ ĕ′ə-ă′ə /
- Any of various small, extinct flying reptiles (pterosaurs) of the genus Pterodactylus of the late Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. Pterodactyls had long, narrow jaws with sharp teeth, and a wingspan of 1 m (3.3 ft) or less.
Other yvlog Forms
- ٱo·岹·ٲi ٱo·岹t·dzܲ adjective
- ٱo·岹t· adjective noun
- ٱo·岹t·Ǿ adjective
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Example Sentences
Steven Waters set the men's record last year, completing the London event in four hours, 15 minutes and two seconds while wearing an inflatable pterodactyl costume.
It’s a story of multigenerational understanding that happens to have neon pterodactyls and pink trees.
Both silly and subversive and championing nonconformity, the Pee-wee universe was a trippy place, populated by things such as a talking armchair and a friendly pterodactyl.
This pterodactyl sculpture mailbox is representative of art as healing modality and posits the pterodactyl as alternative to the rising phoenix — like, when a phoenix isn’t nearly gnarly enough to symbolize hardships overcome.
Pterosaurs like the iconic pterodactyl are closely related to birds and other dinosaurs, and as such new discoveries about them regularly excited fans of science.
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