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• pterosaurus

語源

From ptero- +‎ -saur, literally “wing lizard”, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) and σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”).

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈtɛɹəˌsɔɹ/

名詞

pterosaur (plural pterosaurs)

1. Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls. [from c. 1860]
   • 2020, Shona Husk, Close to the Truth, HarperCollins Australia, →ISBN:

     Batsquatch, pterosaurs and the River Man. She had three weeks in Washington State tracking down the local legends. There was nothing ordinary about her job as the biologist on the television show Cryptid or Hoax?

派生語

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• prosateur