| 单词 |
pterodactyloid |
| 释义 |
pterodactyloid, a. and n. Palæont.|tɛrəʊˈdæktɪlɔɪd|
[f. pterodactyl n. + -oid.]
A. adj. Having the form or character of a pterodactyl; spec. belonging to the extinct suborder Pterodactyloidea of pterosaurs of the late Jurassic and Cretaceous, characterized by a long neck and a small or vestigial tail.
B. n. A pterodactyloid pterosaur.
1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Pterodactyloid, a. & n. 1933A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleont. viii. 177 In the Jurassic there appeared a second, derived group, the pterodactyloids. 1954W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles xiii. 95 The Pterodactyloid and Rhamphorhynchoid reptiles are all of Jurassic age. 1977A. Hallam Planet Earth 273 An unusual recent find was the partial skeleton of an enormous pterodactyloid, Quetzalcoatlus. 1985D. Norman Illustr. Encycl. Dinosaurs 171/1 (caption) Here we see a typical medium to large-sized ‘rhamphorhynchoid’ with 6·6ft (2m) wing-span..and a large ‘pterodactyloid’ with 39ft (12m) wing-span. |
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