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NOTHOSAUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nothosaur mean?
• NOTHOSAUR (noun)
The noun NOTHOSAUR has 1 sense:
1. extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming
Familiarity information: NOTHOSAUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("nothosaur" is a kind of...):
archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)
Holonyms ("nothosaur" is a member of...):
genus Nothosaurus (a genus of Nothosauria)
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