pteranodon

Wikispecies

From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ἀνόδων (anódōn, “toothless”). By surface analysis, ptero- +‎ an- +‎ -odon.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təˈɹænədɒn/, /ptəˈɹænədɒn/^[1]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈɹænədɑn/
• Hyphenation: pte‧ran‧o‧don

pteranodon (plural pteranodons)

1. A member of Pteranodon, a genus of large pterosaurs, the males of which had a bony crest on the back of the head.
   • 2007 November 30, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Expect to see species including the apatosaurus, the pteranodon and the tenontosaurus moving and vocalizing at this exhibition, as well as their present-day descendants in the zoos new 13,500-square-foot reptile wing.

• nonadopter

From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ἀνόδων (anódōn, “toothless”), from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) +‎ ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), Ionic form of ὀδούς (odoús).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ptɛˈra.nɔ.doːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pt̪eˈraː.no.d̪on]

pteranodōn m (genitive pteranodontis); third declension

1. (New Latin) pteranodon

Third-declension noun.

Borrowed from French ptéranodon.

pteranodon m (plural pteranodoni)

1. pteranodon