"plesiosaur" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpliːsiəsɔːɹ/ Forms: plesiosaurs [plural]
Etymology: plesio- + -saur Etymology templates: {{confix|en|plesio|saur}} plesio- + -saur Head templates: {{en-noun}} plesiosaur (plural plesiosaurs)
  1. Any of several extinct marine reptiles, of the order †Plesiosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Wikipedia link: plesiosaur Categories (lifeform): Sauropterygians Synonyms: plesiosaurus Translations (extinct marine reptile): 蛇頸龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 蛇颈龙 (shéjǐnglóng) (Chinese Mandarin), joutsenlisko (Finnish), plésiosaure [masculine] (French), plesiosauro [masculine] (Italian), 首長竜 (kubinagaryū) (Japanese), 수장룡 (sujangnyong) (Korean), plezjozaur [masculine] (Polish), plesiossauro [masculine] (Portuguese), plesiosaurio [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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