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plateosauruses

plateosauruses is the plural of plateosaurus.

Meaning of plateosaurus

Noun

plateosaurus (plural plateosauruses or plateosauri)

  1. Any herbivorous dinosaur of the family Plateosauridae.
    • Triassic Period: cynognathus (foreground; South Africa), podekosaurus (left; Northern America) and plateosauri (background; Western Europe)1958, Gustav Fochler-Hauke, translated by W. H. Johnston, Our World and Its Beginnings, London: Odhams Press Limited, facing page 113

Questions about plateosauruses

What is plateosauruses the plural of?
Plateosauruses is the plural of plateosaurus.

Words near plateosauruses in the dictionary

  1. plateosaurians
  2. plateosaurid
  3. plateosaurids
  4. plateosaurs
  5. plateosaurus
  6. plateosauruses
  7. plater
  8. plateresque
  9. Platero
  10. plateroom
  11. platerooms

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