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pterosauria


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ornithosauria  \Or*ni`tho*sau"ri*a\,  n.  pl  [NL.  See  {Ornitho-}, 
  and  {Sauria}.]  (Paleon.) 
  An  order  of  extinct  flying  reptiles;  --  called  also 
  {Pterosauria}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pterosauria  \Pter`o*sau"ri*a\,  n.  pl  [NL.]  (Paleon.) 
  An  extinct  order  of  flying  reptiles  of  the  Mesozoic  age;  the 
  pterodactyls;  --  called  also  {{Pterodactyli}},  and 
  {{Ornithosauria}}. 
 
  Note:  The  wings  were  formed,  like  those  of  bats,  by  a 
  leathery  expansion  of  the  skin,  principally  supported 
  by  the  greatly  enlarged  outer  or  ``  little''  fingers  of 
  the  hands.  The  American  Cretaceous  pterodactyls  had  no 
  teeth.  See  {Pteranodontia},  and  {Pterodactyl}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Pterosauria 
  n  :  extinct  flying  reptiles:  pterosaurs  [syn:  {Pterosauria},  {order 
  Pterosauria}] 




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