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Rhamphorhynchus

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Rhamˊpho-rhyn′chus

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ῥάμφοσ
a beak + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] snout.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.