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pliosaurian

pliosaurian adjective: relating to or characteristic of pliosaurs.

Adjective

pliosaurian (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of pliosaurs.

Origin of pliosaurian

From taxonomic name Pliosaurus or pliosaur + -ian; compare saurian.

Questions about pliosaurian

What does pliosaurian mean?
Pliosaurian means relating to or characteristic of pliosaurs.
What part of speech is pliosaurian?
Pliosaurian is an adjective.

Words near pliosaurian in the dictionary

  1. pliopithecoid
  2. pliopithecoids
  3. plioplatecarpine
  4. plioplatecarpines
  5. pliosaur
  6. pliosaurian
  7. pliosaurid
  8. pliosaurids
  9. pliosauroid
  10. pliosauroids
  11. pliosauromorph

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