pterosaur

English

Alternative forms

pterosaurus

Etymology

ptero- +‎ -saur

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹəˌsɔɹ/

Noun

pterosaur (plural pterosaurs)

Any of several extinct flying reptiles, of the order Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls. [from c. 1860]

Translations

extinct flying reptile

Catalan: pterosaure m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 翼龍, 翼龙 (yig⁶ lung⁴)

Mandarin: 翼龍 (zh), 翼龙 (zh) (yìlóng)
Czech: ptakoještěr m
French: ptérosaure (fr) m
German: Flugsaurier (de) m, Pterosaurier, Pterosaurus m

Italian: pterosauro m
Japanese: 翼竜 (ja) (よくりゅう, yokuryū)
Korean: 익룡 (ingnyong)
Russian: птероза́вр (ru) m (pterozávr)
Spanish: pterosaurio m
Swedish: flygödla c, pterosaurie (sv)

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