Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pterosauria"
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) 1.7 (wn)
Pterosauria
n : extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs [syn: {Pterosauria}, {order
Pterosauria}]
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