pteranodon

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ἀνόδων (anódōn, “toothless”). By surface analysis, ptero- +‎ an- +‎ -odon.

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)
• Russian: птеранодо́н (ru) m (pteranodón)

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 Latin) 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

	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