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[syn: plesiosaur, plesiosaurus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plesiosaurus \Ple`si*o*sau"rus\, n.; pl. Plesiosauri. [NL.,
fr. Gr ? near + ? a lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long
neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the
Mesozoic age.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plesiosaurus
n 1: extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a
short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic
and Cretaceous [syn: plesiosaur, plesiosaurus]