Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of pterodactyls, differing from
Pterodactylus in having the tail very long with immobile vertebræ, the metacarpus less than half as long as the forearm, and the ends of the jaw produced into a toothless beak which was probably sheathed in horn. One of the species is R. gemmingi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
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Examples
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You would not have needed the final ocular proof that I had -- the weird rhamphorhynchus-like creature which he had brought back with him from the inner world.
At the Earth's Core Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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The huge rhamphorhynchus-like reptile that I had brought back with me from the inner world -- the ugly Mahar that Hooja the Sly One had substituted for my dear Dian at the moment of my departure -- filled them with wonder and with awe.
Pellucidar Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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