Definition of Genus Pterodactylus

1. Noun. A reptile genus of Pterodactylidae.

Exact synonyms: Pterodactylus
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Family Pterodactylidae, Pterodactylidae
Member holonyms: Pterodactyl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pterodactylus

genus Psittacula
genus Psittacus
genus Psophia
genus Psophocarpus
genus Psoralea
genus Psychopsis
genus Psychotria
genus Pteretis
genus Pteridium
genus Pteris
genus Pternohyla
genus Pterocarpus
genus Pterocarya
genus Pterocles
genus Pterocnemia
genus Pterodactylus (current term)
genus Pterois
genus Pteropogon
genus Pteropus
genus Pterostylis
genus Ptilocercus
genus Ptilocrinus
genus Ptilonorhynchus
genus Ptloris
genus Ptyas
genus Ptychozoon
genus Puccinia
genus Pueraria
genus Puffinus

Literary usage of Genus Pterodactylus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"In the genus Pterodactylus, Cuv., the jaws are provided with teeth to their extremities : all the teeth are long, slender, sharp-pointed, set well apart. ..."

2. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1874)
"The type of Cuvier's genus Pterodactylus is the species which he calls longirostris. The chief generic character is the extreme length of the fourth digit ..."

3. Palaeontology Or A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their by Richard Owen (1861)
"Genus PTERODACTYLUS, Cuv.—The jaws are provided with teeth to their extremities; all the teeth are long, slender, sharp-pointed, set well apart . ..."

4. Dragons of the Air: An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Harry Govier Seeley (1901)
"... an enormous development of wing, relatively to the length of the hind limb, which would probably refer the species to another genus. Pterodactylus ..."

5. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1893)
"... prolonged to a great length, for the purpose of supporting a membrane for flight, and bones, like those of birds, The best-known genus, Pterodactylus ..."

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