flying reptile

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flying reptile - an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb

pterosaur

archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile - extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts

order Pterosauria, Pterosauria - extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs

pterodactyl - extinct flying reptile

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archosaur Archosauria archosaurian archosaurian reptile family Pterodactylidae genus Pterodactylus Mesozoic order Pterosauria Ornithosauria pteranodon pterodactyl Pterodactylidae Pterodactylus pterosaur Pterosauria subclass Archosauria			"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. The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context Almost instantaneously a huge bulk swooped down upon me, and as I looked up, I realized that there were flying reptiles even in this part of Caspak. The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context He glanced up, expecting to see one of the great flying reptiles of a bygone age, his rifle ready in his hand. Out of Time's Abyss by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			flying dragon flying drainpipe Flying Dutchman flying field flying fish flying fox flying frog flying gecko flying gurnard flying head flying jib Flying kites flying lemur Flying level flying lizard flying machine flying mare flying marmot flying mouse flying officer flying opossum Flying party flying phalanger flying picket Flying pinion flying reptile flying robin Flying sap flying saucer flying school Flying shot Flying spider flying squad Flying squadron Flying squid flying squirrel flying start flying time Flying torch flying visit flying wedge flying wing Flying-jib boom flying-spot flyleaf flyman Flynn flyover flypaper flypast flyposting			Flying Officer Flying Officer flying officers Flying Operations Flying Operations Inspector flying opossum Flying Order Book Flying Other Brothers Flying Over New York Entertainment Flying panel metate Flying party Flying Paster Flying Personnel Research Committee flying phalanger flying phalangers flying picket Flying Pickets Flying Pilot Flying pinion Flying possum Flying Post First Nation Flying Purple People Eater Flying Qualities & Performance Flying Radar Target Flying Rat flying reptile flying rib Flying Rifles Drill Team flying robin Flying Robotic Anorexic Naked Pregnant Lesbian Evolution Flying sap flying saucer flying saucer flying saucer Flying Saucer Working Party Flying saucers Flying saucers flying scaffold Flying Scholarships for the Disabled flying school Flying Schools Flying Schools Flying Schools Flying Schools Flying Scot Sailing Association flying shear flying shelf flying shore Flying shot Flying shuttle Flying Space Monkey Chronicles Flying Spaghetti Monster Flying Spaghetti Monster Club Flying spider flying spot Flying Spot Digitizer

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