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pterosaur

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So to you a pterosaur is a long dead species, so might as well classify it as a dinosaur.

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Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.

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noun

Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pterosaur.

noun

Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.

Example sentences

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So to you a pterosaur is a long dead species, so might as well classify it as a dinosaur.

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And because of that a large pterosaur would not impose a parenting burden, which means that pterosaurs were free to grow much larger than birds or bats.

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The largest pterosaur, Quetzalcoatlus, had a wingspan of ~10 meters and an estimated mass of 200–250kg [1].

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If you were instead a biologist talking in the context of academia then a Pterosaur would not be a Dinosaur.

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By contrast the largest pterosaur was Quetzalcoatlus northropi with a wingspan estimated around 36 feet and a weight around 500 pounds.

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The only thing that a pterosaur was better than a bird at was being big.

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Well any dinosaur that existed and flew wasn't actually a dinosaur but rather a pterosaur.

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There was a paper published this year about feathers identified in a fossil pterosaur.

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Sure, they take breaks unlike the Pterosaur would've, but still, it's not that special.

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But Pterosaur and Dinosaur are sibling categories, neither of them descend of the other.

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Would love to see a pterosaur / bat version of this drone.

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Then you can do pterosaur things the rest of the day.

Quote examples

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Dinosaur is used commonly to refer to Pterosaurs in the "general" context, so a Pterosaur is a Dinosaur in that context.

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This "largest Jurassic pterosaur" has a 2.5 m wing span -- comparable to a large RC airplane.

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I believe you mean: "but rather a pterosaur or bird".

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I wonder if my hypothetical sites “The Laughing Pterosaur” at thelaughingpterosaur.com or “OpenPGP Tips and Tricks” at openpgptipsandtricks.com get flagged as well.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use pterosaur in a sentence?

So to you a pterosaur is a long dead species, so might as well classify it as a dinosaur.

What does pterosaur mean?

Any flying reptile, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls.

What part of speech is pterosaur?

pterosaur is commonly used as noun.