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sauropterygians

sauropterygians is the plural of sauropterygian.

Meaning of sauropterygian

Noun

sauropterygian (plural sauropterygians)

  1. A reptile of the extinct superorder Sauropterygia.
    • The sauropterygians had streamlined bodies and their limbs were more or less modified to function as paddles or flippers.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 sauropterygians

What is sauropterygians the plural of?
Sauropterygians is the plural of sauropterygian.

Words near sauropterygians in the dictionary

  1. sauropsidans
  2. sauropsidian
  3. sauropsidians
  4. sauropsids
  5. sauropterygian
  6. sauropterygians
  7. saurornithoidid
  8. saurornithoidids
  9. saurornitholestine
  10. saurornitholestines
  11. saurosphargid

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