pterodactyl
/ˌpterəʊˈdæktɪl/noun
1- a pterosaur of the late Jurassic period, with a long slender head and neck and a very short tail.翼手龙, 翼指龙。
1.1
- Family Pterodactylidae, order Pterosauria: several genera, including Pterodactylus.翼手龙科, 翼龙目： 数属, 包括翼手龙属。
1.2
- (in general use) any pterosaur通常指任何翼手龙。
词源
early 19th cent.: from modern Latin Pterodactylus (genus name)，from Greek pteron 'wing'+daktulos 'finger'.