flying reptile

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   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

   Synonymspterosaur

   Broaderarchosaur

   Narrowerpterodactyl

   Part ofPterosauria

Questions about flying reptile

What does flying reptile mean?

flying reptile means "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".

What is another word for flying reptile?

Close synonyms include pterosaur. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flying reptile a common word?

flying reptile is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.