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Webster 1913 Edition

Proterosaurus

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Proˊte-ro-sau′rus

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Noun.

[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] earlier (fr. [GREEK] before) + [GREEK] a lizard.]

(Paleon.)

An extinct genus of reptiles of the Permian period. Called also

Protosaurus

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