Difference between flying and pterosaur
Definitions
adjective
- moving swiftly
- hurried and brief
noun
- an instance of traveling by air
Examples
While on the way thither she fell in with a polacre-rigged ship flying the
When an airplane is flying, it has a good deal of forward speed and airflow over all of its surfaces.
Concorde was the first supersonic passenger jet - capable of flying faster than the speed of sound.
Definitions
noun
- an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
Examples
The recent discussion about pterosaur patagia inspired this simple, but I think effective, visual representation of many possibilities for patagial ? configurations.
The numerous small teeth have three or five cusps, a unique characteristic among Pterosaurs.
By demonstrating one-way or "unidirectional" airflow within the lungs of alligators, the new study - published in the Friday, Jan. 15 issue of the journal Science - means that such a breathing pattern likely evolved before 246 million years ago, when crocodilians split from the branch of the archosaur family tree that led to pterosaurs, dinosaurs and birds.
