pteranodon

English - Turkish

Definition of pteranodon in English Turkish dictionary

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Pterodactylus soyundan, uçan dinazor olarak ta bilinen, kanat açıklığı 6-7 metreyi bulan uçan sürüngen hayvan. Çok uzun olan kafatasında diş yoktur. Kansas’ta tebeşir tabakalarında kemiklerine çok rastla­nır

English - English

Definition of pteranodon in English English dictionary

A large pterosaur; males had a bony crest on the back of the head

Genus of extinct flying reptiles, descendants of the pterodactyl. Fossils are known from Late Cretaceous (99-65 million years ago) deposits of Europe, Asia, and North America. Pteranodon had a wingspan of 23 ft (7 m) or more. The largest specimen had a wingspan of 50 ft (15.5 m). The body was about the size of a modern turkey. Pteranodon had a crest at the back of the skull and long, pelicanlike, toothless jaws. They probably made nests and spent much time gliding over the ocean searching for fish. They probably depended on air currents for liftoff rather than on flapping their wings

Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more

A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth

Hyphenation

pter·an·o·don

Etymology

[ t&-ra-n&-"dän, -r ] (noun.) 1897. New Latin, from Greek pteron wing + anodOn toothless from an- + odOn, odous tooth; more at FEATHER, TOOTH.