pterodactyl

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From French ptérodactyle, a term coined by Cuvier from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”). By surface analysis, ptero- + -dactyl.

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: pterodàctil — informal term for any pterosaur
• Chinese Mandarin: 翼手龍 /翼手龙 (yìshǒulóng) — informal term for any pterosaur
• Esperanto: pterodaktilo — informal term for any pterosaur
• Finnish: lentolisko — informal term for any pterosaur
• French: ptérodactyle — informal term for any pterosaur
• German: Pterodaktylus — informal term for any pterosaur
• Greek: πτεροδάκτυλος (pterodáktylos) — informal term for any pterosaur
• Hawaiian: peterodaketila — informal term for any pterosaur
• Italian: pterodattilo — informal term for any pterosaur
• Japanese: プテロダクティルス (puterodakutirusu) — informal term for any pterosaur
• Japanese: テロダクティル (terodakutiru) — informal term for any pterosaur
• Polish: pterodaktyl — informal term for any pterosaur
• Portuguese: pterodáctilo — informal term for any pterosaur
• Russian: птерода́ктиль (pterodáktilʹ) — informal term for any pterosaur
• Spanish: pterodáctilo — informal term for any pterosaur
• Swahili: pterodaktilo — informal term for any pterosaur
• Swedish: flygödla — informal term for any pterosaur