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Plesiosaur

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Noun

1. plesiosaur, plesiosaurus

extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous

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Plesiosaur

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noun
any of various extinct marine reptiles of the order Sauropterygia, esp any of the suborder Plesiosauria, of Jurassic and Cretaceous times, having a long neck, short tail, and paddle-like limbs
See also ichthyosaur, Compare dinosaur, pterosaur

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Plesiosaur

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noun
any of an extinct group (order Sauropterygia) of large water reptiles of the Mesozoic Era, characterized by a small head, long neck, short tail, and four paddlelike limbs

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Plesiosaur

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n. pl. ple·si·o·saurs
Any of various extinct marine reptiles of the group Plesiosauria of the Mesozoic Era, having paddlelike limbs, a short tail, and sometimes a very long neck.

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