What does pterodactyl mean?
A flying reptile of the order Pterosauria, characterized by a long wingspan and a head with a long beak. Pterodactyls lived during the Mesozoic era, before the dinosaurs.
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"The museum exhibit featured a life-sized model of a pterodactyl in flight."
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