dimorphodon

English

Etymology

From di- +‎ morpho- +‎ -odon.

Noun

dimorphodon (plural dimorphodons)

1. A pterodactyl of the family Dimorphodontidae; a dimorphodontid.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "Here," said he, pointing to the picture of an extraordinary flying monster, "is an excellent reproduction of the dimorphodon, or pterodactyl, a flying reptile of the Jurassic period."