extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
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plesiosaur
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Imagine a shallow, closed sea, in which there is a shark, a plesiosaur, and a bird.
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Quick take
extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
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Definitions
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noun
extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
See also: plesiosaurus
Example sentences
Imagine a shallow, closed sea, in which there is a shark, a plesiosaur, and a bird.
Note how avian dinosaurs survived, but plesiosaurs did not.
Maybe you knew that already but I only recently discovered that fact and now I'm sharing it. From the wikipedia page:"Other prehistoric animals, including mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, and Dimetrodon, while often popularly conceived of as dinosaurs, are not taxonomically classified as dinosaurs.
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How do you use plesiosaur in a sentence?
Imagine a shallow, closed sea, in which there is a shark, a plesiosaur, and a bird.
What does plesiosaur mean?
extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
What part of speech is plesiosaur?
plesiosaur is commonly used as noun.