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Definition: PTERANODON |
PTERANODONNoun1. A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more. |
Etymology: Pteranodon \Pte*ran"o*don\, noun. [Greek expression wing priv. + tooth.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PTERANODON |
| English words defined with "PTERANODON": Pteranodontia. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Pteranodon was notable for its skull crest. The crest has many blood vessels in it, found especially in male skeletons. It is belived that these were used as mating displays, in a similar fashion to how a male peacock uses its tail feathers. Finds indicate that pteranodon may have gathered in large rookeries during mating season. It is likely that males with bigger and brighter crests would be more appealing to the females.
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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pteranodon | 54 |
dinosaur pteranodon | 2 |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PTERANODON": pteranodons. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "PTERANODON" (pronounced 'Pte*ran"o*don'): Abaddon, Acotyledon, Anodon, Bandon, boustrophedon, Burdon, Calcedon, Celadon, Chelidon, Clarendon, Cordon, Corindon, Coryphodon, Cotyledon, Croydon, Fondon, Formedon, Gardon, Glyptodon, iguanodon, Leontodon, London, Lycoperdon, mastodon, monocotyledon, Mylodon, Myrmidon, Oreodon, Parallelopipedon, Polycotyledon, Reguerdon, Sindon, Siredon, Skaddon, Smilodon, Solenodon, Squalodon, tendon, Xiphodon, Zeuglodon. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-n-n-o-o-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: nonrated, pronated, ratooned. | |
-3 letters: adopter, aproned, donator, donnert, notepad, odonate, odorant, operand, operant, padrone, pandoor, pandore, patroon, pendant, portend, prenoon, pronate, pronota, protean, protend, readopt, tandoor, tornado, torpedo, trooped. | |
-4 letters: ardent, arpent, atoned, atoner, depart, deport, donate, dopant, enrapt, enroot, entrap, natron, nonart, nonpar, operon, orated, ornate, pander, panned, panted, pardon, parent, parted. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-n-n-o-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: pteranodons. | |
+3 letters: predomination, preordination. | |
+4 letters: predominations, preordinations, preponderation, unincorporated. | |
+5 letters: grandparenthood, overopinionated, preponderations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 54 45 52 41 4E 4F 44 4F 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. - . .-. .- -. --- -.. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010100 01000101 01010010 01000001 01001110 01001111 01000100 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P T E R A N O D O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0054 0045 0052 0041 004E 004F 0044 004F 004E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50543952354849384948 |
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