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dimorphodon

dimorphodon noun: a pterodactyl of the family Dimorphodontidae; a dimorphodontid.

Noun

dimorphodon (plural dimorphodons)

  1. A pterodactyl of the family Dimorphodontidae; a dimorphodontid.
    • "Here," said he, pointing to the picture of an extraordinary flying monster, "is an excellent reproduction of the dimorphodon, or pterodactyl, a flying reptile of the Jurassic period."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Forms of dimorphodon

pluraldimorphodons

Origin of dimorphodon

From di- + morpho- + translingual -odon.

Questions about dimorphodon

What does dimorphodon mean?
Dimorphodon means a pterodactyl of the family Dimorphodontidae; a dimorphodontid.
What part of speech is dimorphodon?
Dimorphodon is a noun.
What is the plural of dimorphodon?
The plural of dimorphodon is dimorphodons.

Words near dimorphodon in the dictionary

  1. dimorphism
  2. dimorphisms
  3. dimorphite
  4. dimorphoceratid
  5. dimorphoceratids
  6. dimorphodon
  7. dimorphodons
  8. dimorphodontid
  9. dimorphodontids
  10. dimorphone
  11. Dimorphos

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