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But, although we in our times have not seen flying dragons in the flesh, we have their fossilised bones in…

Date of account: Published 1890
Source: Curious Creatures in Zoology
Reference: Curious Creatures in Zoology · selected passage 69
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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But, although we in our times have not seen flying dragons in the flesh, we have their fossilised bones in evidence of their existence

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But, although we in our times have not seen flying dragons in the flesh, we have their fossilised bones in evidence of their existence. The Pterodactyl, as Mr. Hawkins observes, “agrees with the Dragon in nearly all its more important features. Thus, it was of great size, possessed a large head, with long jaws and powerful teeth. It had wings of great span, and at the same time three powerful clawed fingers to each hand, wings devoid of feathers, and capable of being folded along the sides of the body, while the large size of the orbits may not, improbably, have suggested the name dragon; for dragon, which is derived from the Greek δράκων, means, literally, _keen-sighted_.”

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