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SAUROPTERYGIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs
Synonyms:
order Sauropterygia; Sauropterygia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sauropterygia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Sauropterygia"):
Plesiosauria; suborder Plesiosauria (any of the plesiosaurs)
Nothosauria; suborder Nothosauria (a suborder of Sauropterygia)
Holonyms ("Sauropterygia" is a member of...):
Archosauria; subclass Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)
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