pliosaur

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noun

Any plesiosaur in the suborder †Pliosauroidea, known from the earliest Jurassic to early Late Cretaceous.

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Meanings

nounpliosaur (plural pliosaurs)

plural pliosaurs

  1. Any plesiosaur in the suborder †Pliosauroidea, known from the earliest Jurassic to early Late Cretaceous.

    Hunting many of the other marine reptiles are the pliosaurs, short-necked and large-headed versions of plesiosaurs who appear to have had a general diet of anything that moved.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 138
    1. Any plesiosaurs of the family †Pliosauridae.

Translations

Finnish pliosaurus
  • pliosaurusmember of the family Pliosauridae
Russian плиоза́вр
  • плиоза́вр (pliozávr)member of the family Pliosauridae
Cite this entry
APA

pliosaur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliosaur

MLA

“pliosaur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliosaur. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pliosaur,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pliosaur.

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