Mesosuchia
plural noun
Meso·su·chia
in some classifications
: a suborder of Loricata comprising variable and more or less archaic reptiles of the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous
mesosuchian adjective or noun
¦⸗⸗¦⸗kēən
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from mes- + Greek souchos crocodile + New Latin -ia