- Mosasaur
- Mosasaur Mos"a*saur, Mosasaurian Mos`a*sau"ri*an, n. (Paleon.) One of an extinct order of reptiles, including {Mosasaurus} and allied genera. See {Mosasauria}. [1913 Webster]
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Mosasaur — Mosasaurs Temporal range: Late Cretaceous … Wikipedia
mosasaur — noun Etymology: New Latin Mosasaurus, from Latin Mosa the river Meuse + Greek sauros lizard Date: 1841 any of a family (Mosasauridae) of very large extinct marine fish eating lizards of the Upper Cretaceous with limbs modified into paddles that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Mosasaur — Mosasauridae Mosasauridae … Wikipédia en Français
mosasaur — /moh seuh sawr /, n. any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles. [ < NL Mosasaurus (1823) genus name, equiv. to L Mosa the MEUSE river (where a species was… … Universalium
mosasaur — noun An extinct marine reptile, in the family Mosasauridae; the ancestor of modern snakes … Wiktionary
mosasaur — n. any of a type of now extinct fish lizards of the family Mosasauridae … English contemporary dictionary
mosasaur — [ məʊzəsɔ:] noun a large fossil marine reptile with paddle like limbs and a long flattened tail. Origin C19: from mod. L. Mosasaurus, from L. Mosa, the river Meuse (near which it was first discovered) + Gk sauros lizard … English new terms dictionary
mosasaur — mo·sa·saur … English syllables
mosasaur — mo•sa•saur [[t]ˈmoʊ səˌsɔr[/t]] n. pal any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles • Etymology: < NL Mosasaurus (1823) genus name = L Mosa the Muse river… … From formal English to slang
mosasaur — ˈmōsəˌsȯ(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Mosasaurus : a reptile of the genus Mosasaurus or the family Mosasauridae … Useful english dictionary
