dimorphodon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an extinct long-tailed pterosaur of the genus Dimorphodon, known from the Early Jurassic period

   The museum's dimorphodon reconstruction shows its large head, long tail, and two distinct kinds of teeth.

From New Latin Dimorphodon, the genus name, formed from Greek di- ("two"), morphē ("form, shape"), and odōn ("tooth"). The name refers to the animal's two distinctly shaped types of teeth.

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