pterodactyln.

Brit.

/ˌtɛrəˈdakt(ᵻ)l/, U.S.

/ˌtɛrəˈdækt(ə)l/

Forms: 1900s pterodactyle, 1900s– pterodactyl.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ptero- comb. form, -dactyl comb. form.

Etymology: < ptero- comb. form + -dactyl comb. form, after French ptero-dactyle (Cuvier 1809, in Ann. du Muséum d'Hist. Nat. 13 424; now ptérodactyle ) and (in later use) scientific Latin Pterodactylus, genus name ( C. S. Rafinesque Analyse de la nature (1815) 75). With sense 1b compare dinosaur n. 2. For the origin of sense 2 see quot. 1926.

a. A pterosaur (flying reptile) of the genus Pterodactylus or the family Pterodactylidae, having a long, slender head and neck and a very short tail and known from fossil remains of the late Jurassic period. Also more widely: any pterosaur of the Mesozoic era.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > member of order Pterosauria > pterodactyl

pterodactyl1829

pterodactyloid1895

1829 C. Lyell Jrnl. 20 Feb. in Life, Lett. & Jrnls. (1881) I. x. 247 I announced Mary Anning's new Pterodactyle of Lyme.

1881 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 121 343 In the same geological horizon with the gigantic forms (Pteranodon beds), the remains of a small Pterodactyl have been found.

1892 R. Lydekker Phases Animal Life 37 The supersession of the Pterodactyles by the Birds as the lords of the air.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xix. 517 The bones of pterodactyls are pneumatic, as in birds, thus reducing the weight of the skeleton.

1971 G. Urang Shadows of Heaven ii. 73 They are seen as their destructive and horrifying counterparts—the eagle a pterodactyl, the rest dinosaurs, behemoths, and other monstrous forms.

1994 Guardian 5 Sept. i. 8/7 The pterodactyl or pterosaur, they think, was more like a flying fox than a Jurassic lark, getting lift with a membrane between forward and rear limbs.

b. figurative. An old-fashioned person, esp. one resistant to change; (also) an opinionated, imposing, or noisy person. Cf. dinosaur n. 2. Chiefly derogatory.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > one who is old fashioned

mumpsimus1573

fogram1760

fogey1792

fogramite1813

frump1817

primitist1818

foist1820

Rip Van Winkle1833

foozle1860

old-timer1860

mossyback1865

mossback1873

dugout1912

pterodactyl1921

unhip1936

fud1942

square1944

primitivist1975

retread1982

1921 M. Moore Let. 31 Aug. in Sel. Lett. (1997) 177 As for dressing down Mr. Latham, temerarious pterodactyl, maybe he will answer back like the echo in..Osgood's Second Reader , ‘Foo-o-lish fel-low’.

1962 Amer. Lit. 34 76 I am that prehistoric literary bird—a Reader—the Pterodactyl or the Archoeopteryx of letters—and because of my archaic habits, I still recognize the intrinsic difference between the books that are Bennett and the books that are only Arnold.

1998 S. Fried Bitter Pills i. ii. 44 A towering, handsome pterodactyl of a woman with a raucous wit.

2. Aeronautics. Also with capital initial. (The name of) an early kind of tailless pusher aeroplane with swept-back wings and a very short fuselage. Now historical.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with wings in front of airscrew > specific type

pterodactyl1926

1926 G. T. R. Hill in Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 30 528 During the summer of 1925, all outstanding design questions were finally settled, and I therefore propose..to give a more detailed description of the main features of the aeroplane, which I have called the Pterodactyl, on account of its supposed resemblance to the prehistoric lizards of that breed.

1935 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 39 823 A recent proposal for a large tailless flying boat having a pterodactyl wing plus stubs.

1992 New Scientist 24 Oct. 43/3 The exhibits..also depict some of the disasters, dead ends and oddities that occurred along the way. One such misfit is the Hill Pterodactyl. It looks like a cross between a bubble car and a microlight.

Derivatives

ˌpteroˈdactylic adj. resembling a pterodactyl.

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the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > of or belonging to Pterosauria > of nature of pterodactyl

pterodactylous1858

pterodactylic1884

pterodactyloid1895

1884 Daily News 2 Sept. 2/2 The very pterodactylic-looking blue-clad fishers.

1958 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 14 Oct. (1995) 282 But obviously it [sc. the steed of the Witch-king] is pterodactylic and owes much to the new mythology.

1969 R. Blythe Akenfield 18 A single youth is now the undoubted lord of the harvest as he steers his vast pterodactylic combine across the lonely acres.

ˌpteroˈdactylid n. Palaeontology rare a pterosaur of the family Pterodactylidae.

ΚΠ

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Pterodactylidæ Pterodactylid, n.

1999 Nature 15 Apr. 574/1 The second new fossil, Eosipterus yangi.., is a large pterodactylid with a wingspan of about 1.25 metres.

ˌpteroˈdactylous adj. rare of the nature of a pterodactyl; (figurative) antiquated, out of date.

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the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > of or belonging to Pterosauria > of nature of pterodactyl

pterodactylous1858

pterodactylic1884

pterodactyloid1895

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1038/1 Pterodactylus,..pterodactylous.

1999 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 14 Mar. k3 The planned baseball games would be an affront to Cubans oppressed by a pterodactylous dictatorship that should have seen the tar pits decades ago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pterodactyl
释义	pterodactyln. Brit. /ˌtɛrəˈdakt(ᵻ)l/, U.S. /ˌtɛrəˈdækt(ə)l/ Forms: 1900s pterodactyle, 1900s– pterodactyl. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: ptero- comb. form, -dactyl comb. form. Etymology: < ptero- comb. form + -dactyl comb. form, after French ptero-dactyle (Cuvier 1809, in Ann. du Muséum d'Hist. Nat. 13 424; now ptérodactyle ) and (in later use) scientific Latin Pterodactylus, genus name ( C. S. Rafinesque Analyse de la nature (1815) 75). With sense 1b compare dinosaur n. 2. For the origin of sense 2 see quot. 1926. 1. a. A pterosaur (flying reptile) of the genus Pterodactylus or the family Pterodactylidae, having a long, slender head and neck and a very short tail and known from fossil remains of the late Jurassic period. Also more widely: any pterosaur of the Mesozoic era. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > member of order Pterosauria > pterodactyl pterodactyl1829 pterodactyloid1895 1829 C. Lyell Jrnl. 20 Feb. in Life, Lett. & Jrnls. (1881) I. x. 247 I announced Mary Anning's new Pterodactyle of Lyme. 1881 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 121 343 In the same geological horizon with the gigantic forms (Pteranodon beds), the remains of a small Pterodactyl have been found. 1892 R. Lydekker Phases Animal Life 37 The supersession of the Pterodactyles by the Birds as the lords of the air. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xix. 517 The bones of pterodactyls are pneumatic, as in birds, thus reducing the weight of the skeleton. 1971 G. Urang Shadows of Heaven ii. 73 They are seen as their destructive and horrifying counterparts—the eagle a pterodactyl, the rest dinosaurs, behemoths, and other monstrous forms. 1994 Guardian 5 Sept. i. 8/7 The pterodactyl or pterosaur, they think, was more like a flying fox than a Jurassic lark, getting lift with a membrane between forward and rear limbs. b. figurative. An old-fashioned person, esp. one resistant to change; (also) an opinionated, imposing, or noisy person. Cf. dinosaur n. 2. Chiefly derogatory. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > one who is old fashioned mumpsimus1573 fogram1760 fogey1792 fogramite1813 frump1817 primitist1818 foist1820 Rip Van Winkle1833 foozle1860 old-timer1860 mossyback1865 mossback1873 dugout1912 pterodactyl1921 unhip1936 fud1942 square1944 primitivist1975 retread1982 1921 M. Moore Let. 31 Aug. in Sel. Lett. (1997) 177 As for dressing down Mr. Latham, temerarious pterodactyl, maybe he will answer back like the echo in..Osgood's Second Reader , ‘Foo-o-lish fel-low’. 1962 Amer. Lit. 34 76 I am that prehistoric literary bird—a Reader—the Pterodactyl or the Archoeopteryx of letters—and because of my archaic habits, I still recognize the intrinsic difference between the books that are Bennett and the books that are only Arnold. 1998 S. Fried Bitter Pills i. ii. 44 A towering, handsome pterodactyl of a woman with a raucous wit. 2. Aeronautics. Also with capital initial. (The name of) an early kind of tailless pusher aeroplane with swept-back wings and a very short fuselage. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with wings in front of airscrew > specific type pterodactyl1926 1926 G. T. R. Hill in Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 30 528 During the summer of 1925, all outstanding design questions were finally settled, and I therefore propose..to give a more detailed description of the main features of the aeroplane, which I have called the Pterodactyl, on account of its supposed resemblance to the prehistoric lizards of that breed. 1935 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 39 823 A recent proposal for a large tailless flying boat having a pterodactyl wing plus stubs. 1992 New Scientist 24 Oct. 43/3 The exhibits..also depict some of the disasters, dead ends and oddities that occurred along the way. One such misfit is the Hill Pterodactyl. It looks like a cross between a bubble car and a microlight. Derivatives ˌpteroˈdactylic adj. resembling a pterodactyl. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > of or belonging to Pterosauria > of nature of pterodactyl pterodactylous1858 pterodactylic1884 pterodactyloid1895 1884 Daily News 2 Sept. 2/2 The very pterodactylic-looking blue-clad fishers. 1958 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 14 Oct. (1995) 282 But obviously it [sc. the steed of the Witch-king] is pterodactylic and owes much to the new mythology. 1969 R. Blythe Akenfield 18 A single youth is now the undoubted lord of the harvest as he steers his vast pterodactylic combine across the lonely acres. ˌpteroˈdactylid n. Palaeontology rare a pterosaur of the family Pterodactylidae. ΚΠ 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Pterodactylidæ Pterodactylid, n. 1999 Nature 15 Apr. 574/1 The second new fossil, Eosipterus yangi.., is a large pterodactylid with a wingspan of about 1.25 metres. ˌpteroˈdactylous adj. rare of the nature of a pterodactyl; (figurative) antiquated, out of date. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > of or belonging to Pterosauria > of nature of pterodactyl pterodactylous1858 pterodactylic1884 pterodactyloid1895 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1038/1 Pterodactylus,..pterodactylous. 1999 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 14 Mar. k3 The planned baseball games would be an affront to Cubans oppressed by a pterodactylous dictatorship that should have seen the tar pits decades ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1829
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