pterodactyloidadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌtɛrəˈdakt(ᵻ)lɔɪd/, U.S.

/ˌtɛrəˈdækt(ə)lɔɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pterodactyl n., -oid suffix.

Etymology: < pterodactyl n. + -oid suffix, in later use after scientific Latin Pterodactyloidea (F. Plieninger 1901, in Palaeontographica 48 90).

Palaeontology.

A. adj.

Having the form or character of a pterodactyl; spec. belonging to the suborder or superfamily Pterodactyloidea of pterosaurs of the late Jurassic and the Cretaceous, characterized by a long neck and a small or vestigial tail.

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

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

1941 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 239 665 The comparison..with the Cretaceous pterodactyloid and the Liassic and Tithonian rhamporhynchoid brains.

1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Oct. ii. 38/1 Ancient works start at $4,200—the price asked for a pair of Bronze Age Bactrian geese with a pterodactyloid air.

1996 Jrnl. Paleontol. 70 336/1 Plieninger..considered all toothed pterodactyloid species in which the scapula did not articulate with a notarium to belong to Pterodactylus.

B. n.

A pterodactyloid pterosaur.

ΘΚΠ

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

pterodactyl1829

pterodactyloid1895

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

1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. viii. 177 In the Jurassic there appeared a second, derived group, the pterodactyloids.

1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 273 An unusual recent find was the partial skeleton of an enormous pterodactyloid, Quetzalcoatlus.

2000 Paleobiology 26 281/1 In Pteranodon and other large pterodactyloids, as many as eight dorsal vertebrae of the thorax were fused.

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

单词	pterodactyloid
释义	pterodactyloidadj.n. Brit. /ˌtɛrəˈdakt(ᵻ)lɔɪd/, U.S. /ˌtɛrəˈdækt(ə)lɔɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pterodactyl n., -oid suffix. Etymology: < pterodactyl n. + -oid suffix, in later use after scientific Latin Pterodactyloidea (F. Plieninger 1901, in Palaeontographica 48 90). Palaeontology. A. adj. Having the form or character of a pterodactyl; spec. belonging to the suborder or superfamily Pterodactyloidea of pterosaurs of the late Jurassic and the Cretaceous, characterized by a long neck and a small or vestigial tail. 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 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Pterodactylidæ Pterodactyloid, a. & n. 1941 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 239 665 The comparison..with the Cretaceous pterodactyloid and the Liassic and Tithonian rhamporhynchoid brains. 1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Oct. ii. 38/1 Ancient works start at $4,200—the price asked for a pair of Bronze Age Bactrian geese with a pterodactyloid air. 1996 Jrnl. Paleontol. 70 336/1 Plieninger..considered all toothed pterodactyloid species in which the scapula did not articulate with a notarium to belong to Pterodactylus. B. n. A pterodactyloid pterosaur. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > member of order Pterosauria > pterodactyl pterodactyl1829 pterodactyloid1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Pterodactylidæ Pterodactyloid, a. & n. 1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. viii. 177 In the Jurassic there appeared a second, derived group, the pterodactyloids. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 273 An unusual recent find was the partial skeleton of an enormous pterodactyloid, Quetzalcoatlus. 2000 Paleobiology 26 281/1 In Pteranodon and other large pterodactyloids, as many as eight dorsal vertebrae of the thorax were fused. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1895
随便看	pineapple tree pineapple weed pineapples pineappley pineate pineau pineau des charentes pinebarren beauty pinebarren flat pinebarren land pinebarren scorpion pinebarren stream pinebarren terrapin pinebarrens pinebeam piston bellows piston core piston core sampler piston corer piston drill piston engine piston head piston knob piston packing piston pin