PLESIOSAURUS

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

plesiosaur; plesiosaurus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("plesiosaurus" is a kind of...):

archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

Holonyms ("plesiosaurus" is a member of...):

genus Plesiosaurus (a reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria)