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How to pronounce “pterodactyl”
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Pronunciation guide for pterodactyl
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pterodactyl with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Everything Is Improvisation — Including This TED Talk
And they say, "I could make a hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl ..."
- Definition summary
- (countable) A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus.
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How to pronounce pterodactyl
Everything Is Improvisation — Including This TED Talk

And they say, "I could make a hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl ..."
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pterodactyl”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable) A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus.
- (loosely, proscribed) Any pterosaur.
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