mosasaur in British English
(ˈməʊsəˌsɔː) or mosasaurus (ˌməʊsəˈsɔːrəs)
nounWord forms: plural -saurs or -sauri (-ˈsɔːraɪ)
any of various extinct Cretaceous giant marine lizards of the genus Mosasaurus and related genera, typically having paddle-like limbs
Word origin
C18: from Latin Mosa the river Meuse (near which remains were first found) + -saurmosasaur in American English
(ˈmousəˌsɔr)
noun
any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles
Word origin
[‹ NL Mosasaurus (1823) genus name, equiv. to L Mosa the meuse river (where a species was first discovered) + NL -saurus -saur]Image ofmosasaur
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