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pterosauri

pterosauri is the plural of pterosaurus.

Meaning of pterosaurus

Noun

pterosaurus (plural pterosauruses or pterosauri)

  1. Synonym of pterosaur.
    • The pterosauri flew from tree to tree, spreading out the flying membrane that stretched from their enormously long fifth finger to the legs, and even to the tail.1906, Conrad Guenther, translated by Joseph McCabe, “Reptiles and Amphibians”, in Darwinism and the Problems of Life: A Study of Familiar Animal Life, London: A. Owen & Co. […], page 120
    Synonyms:
    pterosaur

Questions about pterosauri

What is pterosauri the plural of?
Pterosauri is the plural of pterosaurus.

Words near pterosauri in the dictionary

  1. pteroptochid
  2. pteroptochids
  3. pterorhodin
  4. pterorhodine
  5. pterosaur
  6. pterosauri
  7. pterosaurian
  8. pterosaurians
  9. pterosaurlike
  10. pterosauromorph
  11. pterosauromorphs

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