NOTHOSAUR

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 I. (noun) 

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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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