"pterosaur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛɹəˌsɔɹ/ [US] Forms: pterosaurs [plural]
Etymology: From ptero- + -saur, literally “wing lizard”, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) and σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peth₂-}}, {{af|en|ptero-|-saur|lit=wing lizard}} ptero- + -saur, literally “wing lizard”, {{bor|en|grc|πτερόν|t=feather, wing}} Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pterosaur (plural pterosaurs)
  1. Any of several flying reptiles, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls. Wikipedia link: pterosaur Categories (lifeform): Reptiles Synonyms: pterosaurus Translations (extinct flying reptile): pterosaure [masculine] (Catalan), 翼龍 (Chinese Cantonese), 翼龙 (english: jik⁶ lung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 翼龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 翼龙 (yìlóng) (Chinese Mandarin), ptakoještěr [masculine] (Czech), pterosaurus (Finnish), siipisaurus (Finnish), lentolisko (Finnish), ptérosaure [masculine] (French), Flugsaurier [masculine] (German), Pterosaurier (German), Pterosaurus [masculine] (German), pterosauro [masculine] (Italian), 翼竜 (yokuryū) (alt: よくりゅう) (Japanese), 익룡 (ingnyong) (Korean), pterozor [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), pterozaur [masculine] (Polish), jaszczur latający [masculine] (Polish), pterozaur [masculine] (Romanian), птероза́вр (pterozávr) [masculine] (Russian), vtákojašter [masculine] (Slovak), pterosaurio [masculine] (Spanish), flygödla [common-gender] (Swedish), pterosaurie (Swedish)

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