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单词 nothosaur
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Definition of nothosaur in English:

nothosaur

noun ˈnəʊθəsɔːˈnəʊtəsɔːˈnōTHəˌsôr
  • A semiaquatic fossil carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.

    Infraorder Nothosauria, superorder Sauropterygia

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were already air breathing reptiles in the sea in the form of plesiosaurs, nothosaurs, ichthyosaurs, you know, so that niche if you like was kind of locked off to them.
    • The cousins of the Triassic nothosaurs, the long-necked plesiosauroids and short-necked pliosauroids, were also common.
    • They were clearly related to the nothosaurs, with which they were contemporary.
    • Plesiosaurs evolved from animals related to pachypleurosaurs and nothosaurs during the Middle Triassic.
    • As well as dinosaur skeletons, the exhibition will feature dinosaur eggs, claws, teeth, skeletal spines, large plesiosaurs, tiny nothosaurs, turtles and other marine reptiles.

Origin

1930s: from modern Latin Nothosauria, from Greek nothos 'false' + sauros 'lizard'.

 
 

Definition of nothosaur in US English:

nothosaur

(also nothosaurus)
nounˈnōTHəˌsôr
  • An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.

    Infraorder Nothosauria, superorder Sauropterygia

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As well as dinosaur skeletons, the exhibition will feature dinosaur eggs, claws, teeth, skeletal spines, large plesiosaurs, tiny nothosaurs, turtles and other marine reptiles.
    • Plesiosaurs evolved from animals related to pachypleurosaurs and nothosaurs during the Middle Triassic.
    • There were already air breathing reptiles in the sea in the form of plesiosaurs, nothosaurs, ichthyosaurs, you know, so that niche if you like was kind of locked off to them.
    • They were clearly related to the nothosaurs, with which they were contemporary.
    • The cousins of the Triassic nothosaurs, the long-necked plesiosauroids and short-necked pliosauroids, were also common.

Origin

1930s: from modern Latin Nothosauria, from Greek nothos ‘false’ + sauros ‘lizard’.

 
 
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