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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mo•sa•saur (mō′sə sôr′),USA pronunciation n. - Paleontologyany of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles.
- Neo-Latin Mosasaurus (1823) genus name, equivalent. to Latin Mosa the Meuse river (where a species was first discovered) + Neo-Latin -saurus -saur
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