pelagosaur
pelagosaur noun: any of the extinct crocodile-like animals of genus †Pelagosaurus which lived during the Jurassic period.
Noun
pelagosaur (plural pelagosaurs)
- Any of the extinct crocodile-like animals of genus †Pelagosaurus which lived during the Jurassic period.
- In still older formations, such as the Lower Oolites and Lias, there were, however, many long-snouted crocodiles, such as the steneosaurs (Steneosaurus) and pelagosaurs (Pelagosaurus), in which the socket of the eye is divided from the lower temporal fossa by a bony bar, as shown in the figure on...1896, Richard Lydekker, Reptiles and fishes, page 32
- SINCE, aflap o'er some dim Jurassic prairie, Pterodactyl seized on pelagosaur; In heraldry-book and bestiary Have been limned the beasts of the days of yore.1915, Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder, The Century: A Popular Quarterly - Volume 89, page 312
Forms of pelagosaur
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Origin of pelagosaur
From Latin pelagus from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”) + -saur.
Questions about pelagosaur
- What does pelagosaur mean?
- Pelagosaur means any of the extinct crocodile-like animals of genus †Pelagosaurus which lived during the Jurassic period.
- What part of speech is pelagosaur?
- Pelagosaur is a noun.
- What is the plural of pelagosaur?
- The plural of pelagosaur is pelagosaurs.
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