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Webster 1913 Edition

Pterosaur

Pter′o-saur

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] wind + [GREEK] a lizard.]

(Paleon.)

A pterodactyl.

Definition 2024

pterosaur

pterosaur

English

Alternative forms

pterosaurus

Noun

pterosaur ‎(plural pterosaurs)

Any of several extinct flying reptiles, of the order Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls. [from c. 1860]

Translations

extinct flying reptile

Catalan: pterosaure m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 翼龍 (zh), 翼龙 (zh) ‎(yìlóng)

Cantonese: 翼龍, 翼龙 ‎(yig⁶ lung⁴)
French: ptérosaure (fr) m
German: Flugsaurier (de) m, Pterosaurier, Pterosaurus m

Italian: pterosauro m
Japanese: 翼竜 ‎(よくりゅう, yokuryū)
Korean: 익룡 ‎(ingnyong)
Russian: птероза́вр (ru) m ‎(pterozávr)
Spanish: pterosaurio m
Swedish: flygödla c, pterosaurie (sv)