Pterodactyl
noun
A type of flying dinosaur that lived millions of years ago.
We saw a fossil of a pterodactyl at the history museum.
Often appears as...
- pterodactyl fossil
- pterodactyl wing
noun
A type of flying dinosaur that lived millions of years ago.
We saw a fossil of a pterodactyl at the history museum.
Often appears as...
- pterodactyl fossil
- pterodactyl wing
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Birds
Remember, pterodactyls are often confused with birds, but they're actually reptiles.
Pterodactyls, unlike birds, couldn't fold their wings.
Pro Tip 2/3Extinct Creature
Pterodactyls no longer exist; refer to them as ancient or prehistoric.
The pterodactyl used to soar the prehistoric skies, long before humans.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Pterodactyls can symbolize something old-fashioned or outdated.
That software is a pterodactyl; it's time to use something more modern.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Birds
Remember, pterodactyls are often confused with birds, but they're actually reptiles.
Pterodactyls, unlike birds, couldn't fold their wings.
Pro Tip 2/3Extinct Creature
Pterodactyls no longer exist; refer to them as ancient or prehistoric.
The pterodactyl used to soar the prehistoric skies, long before humans.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Pterodactyls can symbolize something old-fashioned or outdated.
That software is a pterodactyl; it's time to use something more modern.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Birds
Remember, pterodactyls are often confused with birds, but they're actually reptiles.
Pterodactyls, unlike birds, couldn't fold their wings.
Pro Tip 2/3Extinct Creature
Pterodactyls no longer exist; refer to them as ancient or prehistoric.
The pterodactyl used to soar the prehistoric skies, long before humans.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Pterodactyls can symbolize something old-fashioned or outdated.
That software is a pterodactyl; it's time to use something more modern.
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Video examples
Pterosaurs 101 PIPE...
Pterosaur wings ran along their sides from shoulder to ankle, and each wing was held up and supported by an elongated digit. The first pterosaur ever discovered was actually named for this characteristic. Pterodactyl is a combination of the Greek words
Video examples
The secret of the bat...
flight is an inherently difficult thing flight within vertebrates has only involved three times once in the bat once in the bird and once in the pterodactyls and so with flight it's very metabolically costly bat have
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
Now flight is an inherently difficult thing. Flight within vertebrates has only evolved three once in the bats, once in the birds, and once in the pterodactyls. And so with flight, it's very metabolically costly.
Video examples
Pterosaurs 101 PIPE...
Pterosaur wings ran along their sides from shoulder to ankle, and each wing was held up and supported by an elongated digit. The first pterosaur ever discovered was actually named for this characteristic. Pterodactyl is a combination of the Greek words
Video examples
The secret of the bat...
flight is an inherently difficult thing flight within vertebrates has only involved three times once in the bat once in the bird and once in the pterodactyls and so with flight it's very metabolically costly bat have
Video examples
Emma Teeling: The secret...
Now flight is an inherently difficult thing. Flight within vertebrates has only evolved three once in the bats, once in the birds, and once in the pterodactyls. And so with flight, it's very metabolically costly.
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Quote examples
Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
I was given a life-size iron sculpture of a heron by a godparent. It was so poorly made, that it looked more like a pterodactyl and was so unbalanced that it would continue to topple over and create huge divots in my bedroom floor with its sharp beak.
Quote examples
Boris Johnson
British Politician
I have more in common with a three-toed sloth or a one-eyed pterodactyl or a Kalamata olive than I have with Winston Churchill.
Quote examples
Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
I was given a life-size iron sculpture of a heron by a godparent. It was so poorly made, that it looked more like a pterodactyl and was so unbalanced that it would continue to topple over and create huge divots in my bedroom floor with its sharp beak.
Quote examples
Boris Johnson
British Politician
I have more in common with a three-toed sloth or a one-eyed pterodactyl or a Kalamata olive than I have with Winston Churchill.
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