ptérodactyle
French
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist Georges Cuvier in 1809 in the misspelt form petro-dactyle from the Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).[1] Also ptéro- + -dactyle.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pte.ʁɔ.dak.til/, /pte.ʁo.dak.til/[2]
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) - Rhymes: -il
- Homophone: ptérodactyles
Noun
[edit]ptérodactyle m (plural ptérodactyles)
- pterodactyl (extinct flying reptile)
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: pterodàctil
- → English: pterodactyl
- → Polish: pterodaktyl
- → Portuguese: pterodáctilo
- → Spanish: pterodáctilo
- → Translingual: Pterodactylus
References
[edit]- ^ Cuvier, Georges (1809), “Mémoire sur le squelette fossile d'un reptile volant des environs d'Aichstedt, que quelques naturalistes ont pris pour un oiseau, et dont nous formons un genre de sauriens, sous le nom de petro-dactyle” (chapter V), in Annales du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle[1] (in French), volume 13, Paris, pages 424–437
- ^ “ptérodactyle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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