pterosaur, flying reptile
(noun) an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) +σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”), literally translating to "wing lizard".
pterosaur (plural pterosaurs)
Any of several flying reptiles, of the extinct order Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls. [from c. 1860]
• prosateur
Source: Wiktionary
Pter"o*saur, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)
Definition: A pterodactyl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
