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noun
An extinct marine reptile of the order Nothosauroidea, from the Triassic period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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noun
extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile
History
From scientific Latin Nothosaurus (genus name).
