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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl.

Plesiosauri

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[NL., fr. Gr [GREEK] near + [GREEK] a lizard.]

(Paleon.)

A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age.