dimorphodon
English
Noun
dimorphodon (plural dimorphodons)
- A pterodactyl of the family Dimorphodontidae; a dimorphodontid.
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World:
- "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."