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Pterosauria

noun

extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs

• Syn: ↑order Pterosauria

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Archosauria, ↑subclass Archosauria

• Member Meronyms: ↑pterosaur, ↑flying reptile, ↑Pterodactylidae, ↑family Pterodactylidae

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsȯrēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from pter- + -sauria

: an order of Archosauria comprising flying reptiles flourishing from the Jurassic to late Cretaceous times and including the pterodactyls and related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.