Azhdarchid

Quick meaning: Azhdarchid is a noun meaning Any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.

Meaning

Any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.

Example Sentences

There are few creatures that embody the strangeness of the extinct quite like azhdarchids.

Azhdarchid pterosaurs, the largest-ever living flyers, bigger and lighter than Orville and Wilbur Wright's early aeroplanes, glided overhead.

Word Forms

• azhdarchids

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