Pterodactyl Definition

tĕrə-dăktəl
pterodactyls
noun

Pterosaur.

Webster's New World
Any of a suborder (Pterodactyloidea) of pterosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods; specif., any of a genus (Pterodactylus) of this suborder.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pterodactyl

Noun

Singular:
pterodactyl
Plural:
pterodactyls

Origin of Pterodactyl

  • New Latin Pterodactylus genus name Greek pteron feather, wing –pter Greek daktulos finger

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pteron, “wing") + δάκτυλος (dactulos, “finger")

    From Wiktionary

Pterodactyl Sentence Examples

  • The pterodactyl dropped and caught itself, coasting in the sea breeze.

  • A shadow blocked the hot Caribbean sun, and she looked up to see Rhyn in his pterodactyl form circling above them.

  • She turned her back to him, hoping he.d fly off in his pterodactyl form or disappear into the depths of the forest as a jaguar.

  • She also discovered the first complete Plesiosaurus and the very first pterodactyl.

  • Rhyn.s pterodactyl shape hovered over the demons at the edge of the forest, one of the creatures dangling in his talons.

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