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pterodactyl

pter·o·dac·tyl
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ter-uh-dak-til]
    • /ˌtɛr əˈdæk tɪl/
    • /ˌter.əˈdæk.tɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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
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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".

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