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terodactyl

terodactyl is the misspelling of pterodactyl.

Meaning of pterodactyl

Noun

pterodactyl (plural pterodactyls)

  1. (countable) A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus.
  2. (broadly, proscribed) Any pterosaur.
    • He described also the iguanodon and the pterodactyl - two of the first of the wonders which they had encountered.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about terodactyl

What is terodactyl the misspelling of?
Terodactyl is the misspelling of pterodactyl.

Words near terodactyl in the dictionary

  1. ternstroemiaceous
  2. Ternus
  3. Terny
  4. Terocodame
  5. Terocodames
  6. terodactyl
  7. terodiline
  8. terofenamate
  9. terophyte
  10. terophytic
  11. terotechnological

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