pterodactyl

English

Etymology

From French ptérodactyle, a term coined by Cuvier from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛɹəˈdæktl̩/, /ˌtɛɹəˈdæktɪl/

Noun

pterodactyl (plural pterodactyls)

(paleontology) A pterosaur, of the genus Pterodactylus.
(informal) Any pterosaur.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  He described also the iguanodon and the pterodactyl - two of the first of the wonders which they had encountered.

Related terms

Translations

informal term for any pterosaur

Catalan: pterodàctil m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 翼手龍／翼手龙 (zh) (yìshǒulóng)
Esperanto: pterodaktilo
Finnish: lentolisko
French: ptérodactyle (fr) m
German: Pterodaktylus m, Pterodaktyl m (literal translation: Flügelfinger)
Greek: πτεροδάκτυλος m (pterodáktylos)
Hawaiian: peterodaketila
Italian: pterodattilo (it) m
Japanese: プテロダクティルス (ja) (puterodakutirusu), テロダクティル (terodakutiru)
Polish: pterodaktyl m
Portuguese: pterodáctilo m
Russian: птерода́ктиль (ru) m (pterodáktilʹ)
Spanish: pterodáctilo (es) m
Swahili: pterodaktilo
Swedish: flygödla (sv) c

Further reading

Word Family - Pterodactyl

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