| 单词 | mosasaur |
| 释义 | mosasaur[ moh-suh-sawr ] / ˈmoʊ səˌsɔr / nounany of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles. Origin of mosasaur<New Latin Mosasaurus (1823) genus name, equivalent to Latin Mosa the Meuse river (where a species was first discovered) + New Latin -saurus-saur Words nearby mosasaurmosaicist, Mosaic Law, mosaic map, mosaic vision, mosaic wart, mosasaur, Mosbacher, Mosby, moschate, moschatel, Mosconi Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for mosasaurmosasaur mosasaurus (ˌməʊsəˈsɔːrəs)/ (ˈməʊsəˌsɔː) / noun 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 for mosasaurC18: from Latin Mosa the river Meuse (near which remains were first found) + -saur Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for mosasaurmosasaur [ mō′sə-sôr′ ] Any of various medium-sized to large extinct aquatic lizards of the family Mosasauridae of the Cretaceous Period, having modified limbs that served as paddles for swimming. Some species reached lengths of over 15 meters (50 feet). The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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