pterodactyl

/ter-uh-dak-til/US // ˌtɛr əˈdæk tɪl //UK // (ˌtɛrəˈdæktɪl) //

翼手龙,翼龙,翼龙族,飞龙

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.

I ponder the selection (pterodactyl, triceratops, etc) before settling on a T-Rex.
At the bar, you can order $5 ptero-daiquiri shots—a sign advertises them with a cartoon pterodactyl and a “Rawwr!!!”
Before they could get any more bright ideas, I threw the switch and my plastic pterodactyl sailed in through the door.
You can't say too much for the picturesqueness of the pterodactyl—he was the triumph of his period.
Over the waters flew another bird-like, fish-like, bat-like thing called the Pterodactyl.
Twice in succession he refused a second help of pterodactyl at the tribal luncheon table.
He looks like an intoxicated pterodactyl,” said Mr. Lonergan, who had some knowledge of prehistoric animals,—“only hairier.