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geosaurine

geosaurine noun: any extinct metriorhynchid crocodyliform of the subfamily Geosaurinae.

Noun

geosaurine (plural geosaurines)

  1. Any extinct metriorhynchid crocodyliform of the subfamily Geosaurinae.
    • Patrolling the open water between the tropical islands and slinking into lagoons and bays are geosaurines, smooth-skinned crocodiles as large as an orca.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 137

Forms of geosaurine

pluralgeosaurines

Questions about geosaurine

What does geosaurine mean?
Geosaurine means any extinct metriorhynchid crocodyliform of the subfamily Geosaurinae.
What part of speech is geosaurine?
Geosaurine is a noun.
What is the plural of geosaurine?
The plural of geosaurine is geosaurines.

Words near geosaurine in the dictionary

  1. georyssid
  2. georyssids
  3. geos
  4. geosatellite
  5. geosatellites
  6. geosaurine
  7. geosaurines
  8. geoschematic
  9. geoscheme
  10. geoschemes
  11. geoscience

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