"pterodactyl" meaning in English

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Noun

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”); by surface analysis, ptero- + -dactyl. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|ptérodactyle}} French ptérodactyle, {{der|en|grc|πτερόν||wing}} Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), {{surf|en|ptero-|-dactyl|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, ptero- + -dactyl Head templates: {{en-noun}} pterodactyl (plural pterodactyls)
  1. A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus. Categories (lifeform): Pterosaurs
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  2. (loosely, proscribed) Any pterosaur. Tags: broadly, proscribed 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 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with ptero- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ptero-: 29 71 Disambiguation of 'informal term for any pterosaur': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pterodactylic, dactylo-, dactyly, polydactyly, syndactyly

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Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pterodáktilʹ",
      "sense": "informal term for any pterosaur",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "птерода́ктиль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "informal term for any pterosaur",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pterodáctilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "informal term for any pterosaur",
      "word": "pterodaktilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "informal term for any pterosaur",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flygödla"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Georges Cuvier",
    "pterodactyl"
  ],
  "word": "pterodactyl"
}

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