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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs;
[syn: Pterosauria, order Pterosauria]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ornithosauria \Or*ni`tho*sau"ri*a\, prop. n. pl. [NL. See Ornitho-, and Sauria.] (Paleon.) An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pterosauria \Pter`o*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also Pterodactyli, and Ornithosauria. [1913 Webster] Note: The wings were formed, like those of bats, by a leathery expansion of the skin, principally supported by the greatly enlarged outer or " little" fingers of the hands. The American Cretaceous pterodactyls had no teeth. See Pteranodontia, and Pterodactyl. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pterosauria n 1: extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs [syn: Pterosauria, order Pterosauria]