pteranodon

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ἀνόδων (anódōn, “toothless”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təˈɹænədɒn/, /ptəˈɹænədɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈɹænədɑn/
• Hyphenation: pte‧ran‧o‧don

Noun

pteranodon reconstruction

pteranodon (plural pteranodons)

1. A member of Pteranodon, a genus of large pterosaurs, the males of which had a bony crest on the back of the head.
   • 2007 November 30, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Expect to see species including the apatosaurus, the pteranodon and the tenontosaurus moving and vocalizing at this exhibition, as well as their present-day descendants in the zoos new 13,500-square-foot reptile wing.

Translations

a member of the Pteranodon genus

• Catalan: pteranòdon m
• Cherokee: ᏗᏳᏆᎪᏯᏗ (diyuquagoyadi)
• German: Pteranodon (de) n or m
• Japanese: プテラノドン (ja) (puteranodon)

Anagrams

• nonadopter

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ἀνόδων (anódōn, “toothless”), from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) +‎ ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), Ionic form of ὀδούς (odoús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pteˈra.no.doːn/, [pt̪ɛˈränɔd̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pteˈra.no.don/, [pt̪eˈräːnod̪on]

Noun

pteranodōn m (genitive pteranodontis); third declension

1. (New Latin) pteranodon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pteranodōn	pteranodontēs
Genitive	pteranodontis	pteranodontum
Dative	pteranodontī	pteranodontibus
Accusative	pteranodontem	pteranodontēs
Ablative	pteranodonte	pteranodontibus
Vocative	pteranodōn	pteranodontēs

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ptéranodon.

Noun

pteranodon m (plural pteranodoni)

1. pteranodon

Declension

Declension of pteranodon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pteranodon	pteranodonul	(niște) pteranodoni	pteranodonii
genitive/dative	(unui) pteranodon	pteranodonului	(unor) pteranodoni	pteranodonilor
vocative	pteranodonule		pteranodonilor