"pterodactyl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌtɛɹəˈdæktl̩/ [US], /ˌtɛɹəˈdæktɪl/ [US] Forms: pterodactyls [plural]
Etymology: From French ptérodactyle, a term coined by Cuvier from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|ptérodactyle}} French ptérodactyle, {{der|en|grc|πτερόν||wing}} Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), {{m|grc|δάκτυλος||finger}} δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pterodactyl (plural pterodactyls)
  1. (paleontology) A pterosaur, of the genus Pterodactylus. Categories (topical): Paleontology Categories (lifeform): Pterosaurs
    Sense id: en-pterodactyl-en-noun-Noa-HOoS Disambiguation of Pterosaurs: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 44 Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
  2. (informal) Any pterosaur. Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Pterosaurs Translations (informal term for any pterosaur): pterodàctil [masculine] (Catalan), 翼手龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 翼手龙 (yìshǒulóng) (Chinese Mandarin), pterodaktilo (Esperanto), lentolisko (Finnish), ptérodactyle [masculine] (French), Pterodaktylus [masculine] (German), πτεροδάκτυλος (pterodáktylos) [masculine] (Greek), peterodaketila (Hawaiian), pterodattilo [masculine] (Italian), プテロダクティルス (puterodakutirusu) (Japanese), テロダクティル (terodakutiru) (Japanese), pterodaktyl [masculine] (Polish), pterodáctilo [masculine] (Portuguese), птерода́ктиль (pterodáktilʹ) [masculine] (Russian), pterodáctilo [masculine] (Spanish), pterodaktilo (Swahili), flygödla [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pterodactyl-en-noun-EDM7XDoQ Disambiguation of Pterosaurs: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'informal term for any pterosaur': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: feather, helicopter, pterosaur

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