"pliosaur" meaning in All languages combined

See pliosaur on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pliosaurs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pliosaur (plural pliosaurs)
  1. Any of several plesiosaurs of the family Pliosauridae, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Categories (lifeform): Sauropterygians Translations (member of the family Pliosauridae): pliosaurus (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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