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Word: Mosasaur
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from modern Latin Mosasaurus, from Latin Mosa, ‘Meuse’ (the river near which it was first discovered) + Greek sauros ‘lizard’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈməʊzəsɔː
Definition:
a large fossil marine reptile of the late Cretaceous period, with large toothed jaws, paddle-like limbs, and a long flattened tail, related to the monitor lizards.
Short Definition:large fossil marine reptile of late Cretaceous period
Variant Forms:
- mosasaurus
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