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PTERODACTYL

• PTERODACTYL (noun)
The noun PTERODACTYL has 1 sense:

1. extinct flying reptile

Familiarity information: PTERODACTYL used as a noun is very rare.

• PTERODACTYL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Extinct flying reptile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pterodactyl" is a kind of...):

flying reptile; pterosaur (an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a birdlike beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb)

Holonyms ("pterodactyl" is a member of...):

genus Pterodactylus; Pterodactylus (a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae)

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