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elasmosaurus Palæont.|ɪˌlæzməʊˈsɔːrəs|
Also anglicized -saur.
[mod.L. (E. D. Cope 1868, in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 93), f. Gr. ἐλασµός metal plate + σαῦρος lizard.]
An extinct marine reptile.
1879Encycl. Brit. X. 359/2 One of the most extraordinary of these reptilian forms was the Elasmosaurus—a huge snake-like form 40 feet long, with slim arrow-shaped head on a swan-like neck rising 20 feet out of the water. 1889Cent. Dict., Elasmosaur. 1924Glasgow Herald 5 July 4 One of them, Elasmosaurus, seems to have been 45 feet in length, half consisting of neck. 1961Observer 28 May 30/5 Loch Ness contains the answer to the sea-serpent problem..a relict population of Elasmosaurs. |