Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various extinct flying reptiles of the group Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls, of the Mesozoic Era, characterized by wings consisting of a membrane of skin extending from the side of the body to the very long fourth digit of the forelimb.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the Pterosauria; a pterodactyl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A pterodactyl.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any of several
extinct flying reptiles , of theorder Pterosauria , including thepterodactyls
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I got yours and Luis 'and loved both, but I have to say that sleigh - pulling pterosaur is very cool!
Christmas cards Darren Naish 2006
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The first dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian of Germany and the biomechanics of pterosaur long bones.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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While this pterosaur is incomplete, the patagial edge is continuous, smoothly concave, and grades neatly into the side of the tarsus (see images above: click on them for larger versions).
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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(And, I know that there is at least one investigation in northern Mexico now, for "pterosaur" - like creatures.)
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Arbour states that the pterosaur was a scavenger, and probably patrolled the skies with its wide wingspan.
Incredible Prehistoric Discovery Found In Cabinet The Huffington Post 2011
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Arbour states that the pterosaur was a scavenger, and probably patrolled the skies with its wide wingspan.
Incredible Prehistoric Discovery Found In Cabinet The Huffington Post 2011
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Arbour states that the pterosaur was a scavenger, and probably patrolled the skies with its wide wingspan.
Incredible Prehistoric Discovery Found In Cabinet The Huffington Post 2011
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Arbour states that the pterosaur was a scavenger, and probably patrolled the skies with its wide wingspan.
Incredible Prehistoric Discovery Found In Cabinet The Huffington Post 2011
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Arbour states that the pterosaur was a scavenger, and probably patrolled the skies with its wide wingspan.
Incredible Prehistoric Discovery Found In Cabinet The Huffington Post 2011
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Fossil imprints of the landing tracks of a flying dinosaur called the pterosaur have been found in southwestern France.
chained_bear commented on the word pterosaur
1862 DANA Man. Geol. 346 Pterosaurs...or Flying Saurians.
February 3, 2007