英语词汇“pliosaur”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pliosaur

/ˈplʌɪəsɔː

noun

A plesiosaur with a short neck, large head, and massive toothed jaws.

Family Pliosauridae, infraorder Plesiosauria: several genera, including Pliosaurus.

But pliosaurs had short necks and massive jaws that would have been capable of lifting a car and biting it in half....

Although many of them had long necks and small heads, one group, the pliosaurs, had short necks and large heads.
An ancient animal that swam with pliosaurs 100 million years ago, and whose numbers once were so vast they could impede ships, the leatherback is among the most endangered of sea turtles.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Pliosaurus (genus name), from Greek pleiōn 'more' + sauros 'lizard' (because of its greater similarity to a lizard than the ichthyosaur).

单词	pliosaur
释义	pliosaur /ˈplʌɪəsɔː / noun A plesiosaur with a short neck, large head, and massive toothed jaws. Family Pliosauridae, infraorder Plesiosauria: several genera, including Pliosaurus. But pliosaurs had short necks and massive jaws that would have been capable of lifting a car and biting it in half.... Although many of them had long necks and small heads, one group, the pliosaurs, had short necks and large heads. An ancient animal that swam with pliosaurs 100 million years ago, and whose numbers once were so vast they could impede ships, the leatherback is among the most endangered of sea turtles. Origin Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Pliosaurus (genus name), from Greek pleiōn 'more' + sauros 'lizard' (because of its greater similarity to a lizard than the ichthyosaur).
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