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单词 pterodactylic
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pter•o•dac•tyl /ˌtɛrəˈdæktɪl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Paleontologyan extinct flying reptile.
See -pter-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pter•o•dac•tyl  (ter′ə daktil),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Paleontologyany of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
  • Neo-Latin Pterodactylus genus name, equivalent. to Greek pteró(n) wing + -daktylos -dactylous
  • 1820–30
pter′o•dac•tylic, pter′o•dactyl•ous, adj. 
pter′o•dactyl•id, adj., n. 
pter′o•dactyl•oid′, adj. 

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