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plesiosaurus

plesiosaurus noun: any of the genus †Plesiosaurus of extinct long-necked marine reptiles from the Early Jurassic.

Noun

plesiosaurus (plural plesiosauruses or plesiosauri)

  1. Any of the genus †Plesiosaurus of extinct long-necked marine reptiles from the Early Jurassic.
    • "Plesiosaurus! A fresh-water plesiosaurus!" cried Summerlee.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Forms of plesiosaurus

pluralplesiosauruses
pluralplesiosauri

Questions about plesiosaurus

What does plesiosaurus mean?
Plesiosaurus means any of the genus †Plesiosaurus of extinct long-necked marine reptiles from the Early Jurassic.
What part of speech is plesiosaurus?
Plesiosaurus is a noun.
What is the plural of plesiosaurus?
The plural of plesiosaurus is plesiosauruses.

Words near plesiosaurus in the dictionary

  1. plesiosauroid
  2. plesiosauroids
  3. plesiosauromorph
  4. plesiosauromorphs
  5. plesiosaurs
  6. plesiosaurus
  7. plesiosauruses
  8. plesiotype
  9. plesiotypes
  10. Pleskot
  11. Plessey

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