FAMILY PTERODACTYLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pterodactylidae mean? 

• FAMILY PTERODACTYLIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY PTERODACTYLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a reptile family in the order Pterosauria

  Familiarity information: FAMILY PTERODACTYLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PTERODACTYLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reptile family in the order Pterosauria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pterodactylidae; Pterodactylidae

Hypernyms ("family Pterodactylidae" is a kind of...):

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "family Pterodactylidae"):

genus Pterodactylus; Pterodactylus (a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae)

Holonyms ("family Pterodactylidae" is a member of...):

order Pterosauria; Pterosauria (extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs)