FLYING REPTILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flying reptile mean? 

• FLYING REPTILE (noun)
  The noun FLYING REPTILE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: FLYING REPTILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLYING REPTILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

flying reptile; pterosaur

Hypernyms ("flying reptile" is a kind of...):

archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flying reptile"):

pterodactyl (extinct flying reptile)

Holonyms ("flying reptile" is a member of...):

order Pterosauria; Pterosauria (extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs)

 Context examples 

Here, said he, pointing to the picture of an extraordinary flying monster, is an excellent reproduction of the dimorphodon, or pterodactyl, a flying reptile of the Jurassic period.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)