GENUS PLESIOSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Plesiosaurus mean? 

• GENUS PLESIOSAURUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS PLESIOSAURUS has 1 sense:

1. a reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria

  Familiarity information: GENUS PLESIOSAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PLESIOSAURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Plesiosaurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Plesiosaurus"):

plesiosaur; plesiosaurus (extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous)

Holonyms ("genus Plesiosaurus" is a member of...):

Plesiosauria; suborder Plesiosauria (any of the plesiosaurs)