noun, masculine/teɾoˈdaɡtilo/plural: pterodáctilos
pterodactyl (a pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ Proto-Hellenic *pterón Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos) French ptérodactylebor. Spanish pterodáctilo Borrowed from French ptérodactyle, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”), equivalent to ptero- + -dáctilo.