PTERODACTYLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pterodactylus mean? 

• PTERODACTYLUS (noun)
  The noun PTERODACTYLUS has 1 sense:

1. a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae

  Familiarity information: PTERODACTYLUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTERODACTYLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reptile genus of Pterodactylidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pterodactylus; Pterodactylus

Hypernyms ("Pterodactylus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Pterodactylus"):

pterodactyl (extinct flying reptile)

Holonyms ("Pterodactylus" is a member of...):

family Pterodactylidae; Pterodactylidae (a reptile family in the order Pterosauria)

 Context examples 

The two professors, their tempers aggravated no doubt by their injuries, had fallen out as to whether our assailants were of the genus pterodactylus or dimorphodon, and high words had ensued.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)