pterodactyl
noun
any 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.
pterodactyls
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pluralof pterodactyl.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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It’s a story of multigenerational understanding that happens to have neon pterodactyls and pink trees.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Quaritch and the Sky People are all massively armed with ultramodern weapons, The Na’vi are armed with spears and arrows and ride to battle against flying gunships on Pandoran pterodactyls.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Pterosaurs, more commonly called pterodactyls, were the first animals with bones to start flying, more than 200 million years ago, long before birds and bats took to the skies.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2022
This means that a wide range of iconic dinosaurs were warm-blooded: Velociraptors and tyrannosaurus rexes were theropods, pterodactyls and so-called "monkeydactyls" were pterosaurs, triceratopses and stegosauruses were ornithischia, and brontosauruses and brachiosauruses were sauropods.
From Salon ● May 29, 2022
The pterodactyls, Dr. Barlow Sloan’s Dinoguide declared, are a feisty and skittish bunch.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
