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From Latin scānsōrius (“climbing”, from scānsus + -sōrius) + Ancient Greek πτερῠγοειδής (pterŭgoeidḗs, “wing-like”, from πτέρῠξ (ptérŭx) + -ειδής (-eidḗs)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
scansoriopterygid
Today it means: Any of the family †Scansoriopterygidae of maniraptoran dinosaurs. Full definition →