单词 | pterodactyl |
释义 | pterodactyl From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Animalspterodactylpter‧o‧dac‧tyl /ˌterəˈdæktɪl $ -tl, -tɪl/ noun [countable]HBAa large flying animal that lived many millions of years agoExamples from the Corpuspterodactyl• We have no way of knowing whether any other animals now extinct - pterodactyls perhaps? - also evolved the technology independently.• Some like dragons with wings, others great birds like pterodactyls.• The Jet Ranger arced upwards, a big prehistoric pterodactyl lurching blindly in its death throes.Origin pterodactyl (1800-1900) Modern Latin Greek pteron “wing” + daktylos “finger” |
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