SAUROPTERYGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sauropterygia mean? 

• SAUROPTERYGIA (noun)
  The noun SAUROPTERYGIA has 1 sense:

1. extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs

  Familiarity information: SAUROPTERYGIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAUROPTERYGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Sauropterygia; Sauropterygia

Hypernyms ("Sauropterygia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Sauropterygia"):

Plesiosauria; suborder Plesiosauria (any of the plesiosaurs)

Nothosauria; suborder Nothosauria (a suborder of Sauropterygia)

Holonyms ("Sauropterygia" is a member of...):

Archosauria; subclass Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)