Transcription
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- [ter-uh-dak-til]
- /ˌtɛr əˈdæk tɪl/
- /ˌter.əˈdæk.tɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ter-uh-dak-til]
- /ˌtɛr əˈdæk tɪl/
Definitions of pterodactyl word
- noun pterodactyl any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak. 1
- noun pterodactyl any extinct flying reptile of the genus Pterodactylus and related genera, having membranous wings supported on an elongated fourth digit 0
- abbreviation PTERODACTYL pterosaur 0
- noun pterodactyl any of a suborder (Pterodactyloidea) of pterosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods; specif., any of a genus (Pterodactylus) of this suborder 0
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Origin of pterodactyl
First appearance:
before 1820 One of the 38% newest English words
1820-30; < New Latin Pterodactylus genus name, equivalent to Greek pteró(n) wing + -daktylos -dactylous
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Parts of speech for Pterodactyl
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pterodactyl popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pterodactyl usage trend in Literature
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