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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] greater + [GREEK] lizard.]

(Paleon.)

An extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to Plesiosaurus, but having a much shorter neck.

Pliosaurus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Pliosauridae – large carnivorous marine thalassophonean pliosaurid reptiles.