Home › Words › A › azhdarchidazhdarchidazhdarchid means any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.EtymologyFrom scientific Latin Azhdarchidae (family name), ultimately from Persian اژدر (“mythological serpent”).nounAny member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.e.g.“There are few creatures that embody the strangeness of the extinct quite like azhdarchids.” — 2017 February 8, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.azhdarchoid 83% match — Any pterosaur of the superfamily Azhdarchoidea. vs azhdarchid →neoazhdarchian 75% match — Any pterosaur of the clade Neoazhdarchia vs azhdarchid →anurognathid 69% match — Any pterosaur of the family Anurognathidae. vs azhdarchid →anhanguerid 66% match — Any pterosaur of the family Anhangueridae. vs azhdarchid →archaeopterygid 64% match — Any member of the family †Archaeopterygidae of fossil birds. vs azhdarchid →dsungaripterid 64% match — Any pterosaur in the family Dsungaripteridae. vs azhdarchid →ctenochasmatid 62% match — Any pterosaur of the family Ctenochasmatidae vs azhdarchid →anchisaurid 61% match — Any dinosaur in the family Anchisauridae. vs azhdarchid →