| 释义 |
mosasaur
/moh"seuh sawr'/, n.
any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles.
[ < NL Mosasaurus (1823) genus name, equiv. to L Mosa the MEUSE river (where a species was first discovered) + NL -saurus -SAUR] |