Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PTER'O-DAC-TYL
PTER-I-PLE-GIS'TICPTER-O-DAC'TYL
PTER'O-DAC-TYL, n.1 [Gr. πτερον, a wing, and δακτυλος, a finger.]
A saurian reptile; the wing-toed or flying lizard, of singular formation, now extinct. – Cuvier.
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