geosaurine

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noun

Any extinct metriorhynchid crocodyliform of the subfamily Geosaurinae.

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Meanings

noungeosaurine (plural geosaurines)

plural geosaurines

  1. Any extinct metriorhynchid crocodyliform of the subfamily Geosaurinae.

    Patrolling the open water between the tropical islands and slinking into lagoons and bays are geosaurines, smooth-skinned crocodiles as large as an orca.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 137
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