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单词 ceteosaur
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ceteosaurceteosaurusn.

/ˈsiːtiːəʊsɔː//ˌsiːtiːəʊˈsɔːrəs/
Forms: 1800s ceteosaur, 1800s ceteosaurus, 1800s cetiosaur, 1800s cetiosaurus.
Etymology: < modern Latin cēteosaurus, < Greek κῆτος (genitive κήτεος) whale + σαῦρος lizard.
Palaeontology.
A gigantic fossil saurian, whose remains are found in the oolite and chalk.
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ceteosaur1872
1872 Carpenter in Good Words 700 In..[the great Oolitic formation] we have remains of gigantic Reptiles (such as the Cetiosaurus).
1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) 433 The Ceteosaur (Whale-lizard) was probably the largest reptile..which has ever existed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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