PLESIOSAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plesiosaurus mean? 

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

1. extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLESIOSAURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

plesiosaur; plesiosaurus

Hypernyms ("plesiosaurus" is a kind of...):

archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

Holonyms ("plesiosaurus" is a member of...):

genus Plesiosaurus (a reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria)

 Context examples 

"Plesiosaurus! A fresh-water plesiosaurus!" cried Summerlee.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)