Rhamphorhynchus

Rhamphorhynchus
Rhamphorhynchus Rham`pho*rhyn"chus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ra`mfos a beak + ???? snout.] (Paleon.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip. [1913 Webster]

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