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Definition of pliosaur in English: pliosaurnoun ˈplʌɪəsɔːˈplīəˌsôr A plesiosaur with a short neck, large head, and massive toothed jaws. 上龙 Family Pliosauridae, infraorder Plesiosauria: several genera, including Pliosaurus Example sentencesExamples - On display are the opalized remains of a pliosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile, as well as the opalized remains of other extinct plant and animal life that existed in Australia more than 100 million years ago.
- One of the key attractions at the exhibition, which runs until June 11, is a gigantic pliosaur.
- But pliosaurs had short necks and massive jaws that would have been capable of lifting a car and biting it in half.
- An ancient animal that swam with pliosaurs 100 million years ago, and whose numbers once were so vast they could impede ships, the leatherback is among the most endangered of sea turtles.
- Although many of them had long necks and small heads, one group, the pliosaurs, had short necks and large heads.
OriginMid 19th century: from modern Latin Pliosaurus (genus name), from Greek pleiōn 'more' + sauros 'lizard' (because of its greater similarity to a lizard than the ichthyosaur). Definition of pliosaur in US English: pliosaurnounˈplīəˌsôr A plesiosaur with a short neck, large head, and massive toothed jaws. 上龙 Family Pliosauridae, infraorder Plesiosauria: several genera, including Pliosaurus Example sentencesExamples - Although many of them had long necks and small heads, one group, the pliosaurs, had short necks and large heads.
- One of the key attractions at the exhibition, which runs until June 11, is a gigantic pliosaur.
- But pliosaurs had short necks and massive jaws that would have been capable of lifting a car and biting it in half.
- On display are the opalized remains of a pliosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile, as well as the opalized remains of other extinct plant and animal life that existed in Australia more than 100 million years ago.
- An ancient animal that swam with pliosaurs 100 million years ago, and whose numbers once were so vast they could impede ships, the leatherback is among the most endangered of sea turtles.
OriginMid 19th century: from modern Latin Pliosaurus (genus name), from Greek pleiōn ‘more’ + sauros ‘lizard’ (because of its greater similarity to a lizard than the ichthyosaur). |