#每日学单词#古生物学家Mary Anning是第一个发现鱼龙和蛇颈龙化石的人,和其它重要的发现。虽然因为她一生中发表的科学著作比较少,《牛津英语辞典》没有直接引用她作品中的词条。但pterodactyl的条目中提到了Anning。
Pterodactyl /ˌtɛrəˈdakt(ᵻ)l/ 名词:A pterosaur (flying reptile) of the genus Pterodactylus or the family Pterodactylidae, having a long, slender head and neck and a very short tail and known from fossil remains of the late Jurassic period. Also more widely: any pterosaur of the Mesozoic era. 翼手龙一种翼手龙属翼手龙(飞行爬行动物)或翼手龙科翼手龙,头、颈长而细,尾短,已知于侏罗纪晚期的化石。更广泛的是:中生代的翼龙。
