[ter-uh-dak-til] 
| 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. |
| pter·o·dac·tyl (těr'ə-dāk'təl) n. Any of various small, mostly tailless, extinct flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. [New Latin Pterodactylus, genus name : Greek pteron, feather, wing; see -pter + Greek daktulos, finger.] pter'o·dac'ty·loid' adj., pter'o·dac'ty·lous adj. |
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