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NOTHOSAUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nothosaur" is a kind of...):
archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)
Holonyms ("nothosaur" is a member of...):
genus Nothosaurus (a genus of Nothosauria)