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SAUROPTERYGIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs

Synonyms:

order Sauropterygia; Sauropterygia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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