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A pretty cold sort of prehistoric reptile (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pterodactyl

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'prehistoric reptile' is the definition.
'pterodactyl' can be an answer for 'reptile' (pterodactyl is a kind of reptile). I'm not certain of the 'prehistoric' bit.

'a pretty cold sort' is the wordplay.
'sort' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'pretty'+'cold'='aprettycold'
'aprettycold' with letters rearranged gives 'PTERODACTYL'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pterodactyl that I've seen before include "Late Jurassic flyer" , "Fossil flyer" , "Extinct flying reptile - protect lady (anag)" , "Flying dinosaur" , "Flying creature" .)

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