| 单词 |
pteranodon |
| 释义 |
pteranodon, n. Palæont.|təˈrænəʊdɒn, -nədən|
[f. mod.L. Pteranodon (O. C. Marsh 1876, in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts XI. 507): see pteranodont n.]
= pteranodont n.
1881Amer Jrnl. Sci. XXI. 343 In the same geological horizon with the gigantic forms (Pteranodon beds), the remains of a small Pterodactyl have been found. 1885C. F. Holder Marvels Anim. Life 202 The great bat-like creature..was at one time very common on this continent [America], and was a flying reptile known as the Pteranodon. It differed from the European Pterodactyles in being toothless. 1924C. Schuchert Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) II. xxxvi. 526 The pteranodons were the organic aëroplanes of Cretaceous time. 1958W. H. Johnston tr. Fochler-Hauke's Our World & its Beginnings viii. 230 The saurians gradually evolved into veritable giants. So far as is known the record is held by the pteranodon (i.e. the toothless flyer) which inhabited North America in the Cretaceous period. 1975G. Ewart Be my Guest! i. 14 You had no family Winging pteranodons. 1989New Scientist 26 Aug. 59/1 A static model..of a pteranodon hanging from the roof. |
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