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protorosaurs

protorosaurs is the plural of protorosaur.

Meaning of protorosaur

Noun

protorosaur (plural protorosaurs)

  1. An extinct archosauromorph reptile of the order Protorosauria.
    • The large-sized protorosaur Tanystropheus had extremely elongated neck vertebrae and a neck more than two times the length of its trunk.2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page...

Questions about protorosaurs

What is protorosaurs the plural of?
Protorosaurs is the plural of protorosaur.

Words near protorosaurs in the dictionary

  1. protoreligious
  2. protoribosome
  3. protorosaur
  4. protorosaurian
  5. protorosaurians
  6. protorosaurs
  7. protorothyridid
  8. protorothyridids
  9. protos
  10. protosalt
  11. protosalts

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