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.

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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

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.

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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
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