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basilosaurus

basilosaurus noun: any species of several huge extinct cetaceans belonging to the genus †Basilosaurus, of the family †Basilosauridae, from the late Eocene, with two species B. isis (found in Egypt and Tunisia) and B. cetoides (found in the southern and eastern US).

Noun

basilosaurus (plural basilosauruses)

  1. Any species of several huge extinct cetaceans belonging to the genus †Basilosaurus, of the family †Basilosauridae, from the late Eocene, with two species B. isis (found in Egypt and Tunisia) and B. cetoides (found in the southern and eastern US).

Forms of basilosaurus

pluralbasilosauruses

Questions about basilosaurus

What does basilosaurus mean?
Basilosaurus means any species of several huge extinct cetaceans belonging to the genus †Basilosaurus, of the family †Basilosauridae, from the late Eocene, with two species B. isis (found in Egypt and Tunisia) and B. cetoides (found in the southern and eastern US).
What part of speech is basilosaurus?
Basilosaurus is a noun.
What is the plural of basilosaurus?
The plural of basilosaurus is basilosauruses.

Words near basilosaurus in the dictionary

  1. basilophorous
  2. basilosaur
  3. basilosaurid
  4. basilosaurids
  5. basilosaurs
  6. basilosaurus
  7. basilosauruses
  8. basils
  9. basilweed
  10. basimglurant
  11. basin

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