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noun
A reptile of the taxon Archosauria, which includes modern crocodilians and birds, as well as the extinct pterosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs and other taxa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: archosaurian, archosaurian reptile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diapsid, diapsid reptile
Narrower terms: dinosaur, pterosaur, flying reptile, thecodont, thecodont reptile, ichthyosaur, plesiosaur, plesiosaurus, nothosaur
History
From taxonomic name Archosauria (“taxonomic division of extinct reptiles”), from Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “leader”) + σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”).
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