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pterosaur en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛɹəˌsɔɹ/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From ptero- + -saur, literally “wing lizard”, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) and σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”).

Meanings

1. Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.
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Forms

Deriveds

eopterosaur · pterosaurlike

Translations (26)

sv pterosaurie (extinct flying reptile) · fr ptérosaure (extinct flying reptile) · sk vtákojašter (extinct flying reptile) · ru птероза́вр (extinct flying reptile) · it pterosauro (extinct flying reptile) · sv flygödla (extinct flying reptile) · cmn 翼龍 /翼龙 (extinct flying reptile) · fi siipisaurus (extinct flying reptile) · de Flugsaurier (extinct flying reptile) · pl jaszczur latający (extinct flying reptile) · de Pterosaurier (extinct flying reptile) · de Pterosaurus (extinct flying reptile) · kmr pterozor (extinct flying reptile) · ca pterosaure (extinct flying reptile) · sl pterozaver (extinct flying reptile) · fi lentolisko (extinct flying reptile) · ko 익룡 (extinct flying reptile) · yue 翼龍 /翼龙 (extinct flying reptile) · ro pterozaur (extinct flying reptile) · el πτερόσαυρος (extinct flying reptile) · es pterosaurio (extinct flying reptile) · pl pterozaur (extinct flying reptile) · pt pterossauro (extinct flying reptile) · ja 翼竜 (extinct flying reptile) · cs ptakoještěr (extinct flying reptile) · fi pterosaurus (extinct flying reptile)