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Pterodactyl vs Pterodactylane - What's the difference?

pterodactyl | pterodactylane |

As nouns the difference between pterodactyl and pterodactylane

is that pterodactyl is any of various small, mostly tailless, extinct flying reptiles of the order pterosauria that existed during the jurassic and cretaceous periods while pterodactylane is (organic compound) a small, substituted ladderane supposed to have the form of a pterodactyl.

pterodactyl

English

Noun

(wikipedia pterodactyl) (en noun)
  • Any of various small, mostly tailless, extinct flying reptiles of the order Pterosauria that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods

    • Related terms

    * pterosaur

    pterodactylane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) A small, substituted ladderane supposed to have the form of a pterodactyl
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • ::Such systems dwarf the pterodactylane 50 ...