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From the genus name (from Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos) + pleuro- + -odon).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
liopleurodon
Today it means: Any of the genus †Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe. Full definition →