pterosaur
Meanings
noun
- Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.
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Etymology
From ptero- + -saur, literally “wing lizard”, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) and σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”).
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