Etymology

quetzalcoatlus

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Today it means: A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus. Full definition →

taxonomic name Quetzalcoatlus ← Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl
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The story

  1. Classical Nahuatl · derived fromQuetzalcōātl
  2. taxonomic name · learned borrowing fromQuetzalcoatlus
  3. English todayquetzalcoatlus

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Quetzalcoatlus, based on Classical Nahuatl Quetzalcōātl.

Words from the same roots

Classical NahuatlQuetzalcōātl all →

Quetzalcoatl

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