HyperDic: plesiosaurus

English > 1 sense of the word plesiosaurus:
NOUNanimalplesiosaurus, plesiosaurextinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs
English > plesiosaurus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningExtinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
Synonymplesiosaur
Member ofgenus PlesiosaurusA reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria
Broaderarchosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptileExtinct reptiles including
Spanishplesiosauroidea, plesiosaurus

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