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azhdarchid

azhdarchid noun: any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.

Noun

azhdarchid (plural azhdarchids)

  1. Any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.
    • There are few creatures that embody the strangeness of the extinct quite like azhdarchids.2017 February 8, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian
    • Azhdarchid pterosaurs, the largest-ever living flyers, bigger and lighter than Orville and Wilbur Wright's early aeroplanes, glided overhead.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 98

Forms of azhdarchid

pluralazhdarchids

Origin of azhdarchid

From scientific Latin Azhdarchidae (family name), ultimately from Persian اژدر (“mythological serpent”).

Questions about azhdarchid

What does azhdarchid mean?
Azhdarchid means any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.
What part of speech is azhdarchid?
Azhdarchid is a noun.
What is the plural of azhdarchid?
The plural of azhdarchid is azhdarchids.

Words near azhdarchid in the dictionary

  1. Azhar
  2. Azharot
  3. Azharoth
  4. Azhars
  5. Azhdahak
  6. azhdarchid
  7. azhdarchids
  8. azhdarchoid
  9. azhdarchoids
  10. azidamfenicol
  11. azidated

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