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pterodactyl

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌtɛɹ.əˈdæk.təl/Part of speech nounSorted acdeloprttyStarts with PEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. extinct flying reptile

Word origin

From French ptérodactyle, a term coined by Cuvier from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”). By surface analysis, ptero- + -dactyl.

Used in a sentence

  • He described also the iguanodon and the pterodactyl - two of the first of the wonders which they had encountered.
  • Had a pterodactyl swooped down from those old-time crags, it would hardly have been out of place.
  • Now let me tell you, Brisbane mossies in the sixties were as big as pterodactyls.

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