- 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.
- any extinct flying reptile of the genus Pterodactylus and related genera, having membranous wings supported on an elongated fourth digit
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