
pterodactyl
pterodactyl (tèr´e-dàk´tel)
noun
Any of various small, mostly
tailless, extinct
flying
reptiles of the order Pterosauria that existed during the Jurassic and
Cretaceous periods.
[New Latin Pterodactylus,
reptile genus : Greek pteron, feather, wing. See -pter + Greek daktulos,
finger.]
- pter´odac´tyloid´
adjective
- pter´odac´tylous
adjective
pterodactyl (noun)
animal: extinct animal, dodo,
auk, aurochs, prehistoric animal, pterodactyl, ichthyosaur, plesiosaur,
dinosaur,
brontosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex, megathere, mammoth, mastodon
Science, 1871
A prehistoric pterodactyl skeleton is identified for the first time by Yale paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh, 39, the first U.S. paleontologist.
Rodan follows in the footsteps of other Japanese monster
movies, such as
Godzilla,
which involve a giant monster being awoken from an ancient hibernation by human
beings. In this story, miners digging far into the earth stumble across a clutch
of giant
caterpillar-like
insects, which viciously attack several of the miners and prompt a government
investigation into the matter. The giant bugs turn out to be little more than
food for two gigantic
flying
beasts (similar to the pteradactyl, except they are far bigger and far more
powerful), who hatch from giant eggs and proceed to terrorize the entire world.
math rock entity Rodan
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