Pterodactyl
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌtɛɹəˈdæktl̩/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pterodactyl is a noun meaning (countable) A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus.
Meaning
(countable) A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus.
More Meanings
- (loosely, proscribed) Any pterosaur.
Example Sentences
Now let me tell you, Brisbane mossies in the sixties were as big as pterodactyls.
Had a pterodactyl swooped down from those old-time crags, it would hardly have been out of place.
He described also the iguanodon and the pterodactyl - two of the first of the wonders which they had encountered.
Word Forms
- pterodactyls
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pterodactylid, terodactyl, pterodactyloid, pterosaurian, pterosaur, pteranodontid.
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