PTEROSAURIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pterosauria mean? 

• PTEROSAURIA (noun)
  The noun PTEROSAURIA has 1 sense:

1. extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs

  Familiarity information: PTEROSAURIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTEROSAURIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Pterosauria; Pterosauria

Hypernyms ("Pterosauria" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Pterosauria"):

flying reptile; pterosaur (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)

family Pterodactylidae; Pterodactylidae (a reptile family in the order Pterosauria)

Holonyms ("Pterosauria" is a member of...):

Archosauria; subclass Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)