basilosauruses

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A form of basilosaurus — Any species of several huge extinct cetaceans belonging to the genus †Basilosaurus, of the family †Basilosauridae, from the late Eocene, with two species B. isis (found in Egypt and Tunisia) and B. cetoides (found in the southern and eastern US).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of basilosaurus
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