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Webster 1913 Edition

Pterodactyl

Pterˊo-dac′tyl

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] a wing + [GREEK] finger, toe: cf. F.

ptérodactyle

.]

(Paleon.)

An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.

Definition 2024

pterodactyl

pterodactyl

English

Noun

pterodactyl ‎(plural pterodactyls)

(paleontology) A pterosaur in the genus Pterodactylus.
(informal) Any pterosaur.

Translations

informal term for any pterosaur

Catalan: pterodàctil m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 翼手龍 (zh), 翼手龙 (zh) ‎(yìshǒulóng)
Esperanto: pterodaktilo
French: ptérodactyle (fr) m
German: Pterodaktylus m, Pterodaktyl m (literal translation: Flügelfinger)
Greek: πτεροδάκτυλος m ‎(pterodáktylos)

Hawaiian: peterodaketila
Italian: pterodattilo m
Japanese: プテロダクティルス ‎(puterodakutirusu), テロダクティル ‎(terodakutiru)
Portuguese: pterodáctilo m
Russian: птерода́ктиль (ru) m ‎(pterodáktilʹ)
Spanish: pterodáctilo (es) m
Swahili: pterodaktilo

Related terms

pterosaur