clidastes
noun
cli·das·tes
klīˈda(ˌ) stēz
capitalized
: a genus of large extinct North American Cretaceous fish-eating marine lizards in many respects resembling the recent monitors compare mosasaurus , varanidae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, probably irregular from Greek kleid-, kleis key; akin to Latin claudere to shut
- accreting
- accretion
- accretion borer
- accretion cutting
- accretion disc
- accretion discs
- accretion disk
- accretion disks
- accretion thinning
- accretional
- accretionary
- accretionary hypothesis
- accretions
- accretive
- Accrington
- accroach
- accroides
- accroides gum
- accroides resin
- accroideses
- accroidesses
- accruable
- accrual
- accruals
- accrue