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Meaning of PTERODACTYL

Pronunciation:  `teru'daktil

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 Definition: [n]  extinct flying reptile
 
 See Also: flying reptile, genus Pterodactylus, Pterodactylus, pterosaur

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pter`o*dac"tyl\, n. [Gr. ? a wing + ? finger, toe:
cf. F. pt['e]rodactyle.] (Paleon.)
An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See
Illustration in Appendix.

 

 

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