pterosaur

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛɹəˌsɔɹ/

Noun

pterosaur (plural pterosaurs)

  1. Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls. [from c. 1860]
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      Batsquatch, pterosaurs and the River Man. She had three weeks in Washington State tracking down the local legends. There was nothing ordinary about her job as the biologist on the television show Cryptid or Hoax?

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