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pterodactyl

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Pronunciation
/ˌtɛɹəˈdæktl̩/ (US)
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/ˌtɛɹəˈdæktl̩/ (US) · /ˌtɛɹəˈdæktɪl/ (US)

Definition of pterodactyl

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noun

  1. (countable)A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus.
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noun

  1. (countable)A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus.
  2. (broadly, proscribed)Any pterosaur.
    “He described also the iguanodon and the pterodactyl - two of the first of the wonders which they had encountered.”
    “Had a pterodactyl swooped down from those old-time crags, it would hardly have been out of place.”
    “Now let me tell you, Brisbane mossies in the sixties were as big as pterodactyls.”

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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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