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Definition of Plesiosaurus
1. Noun. Extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
Generic synonyms: Archosaur, Archosaurian, Archosaurian Reptile
Group relationships: Genus Plesiosaurus
Definition of Plesiosaurus
1. n. A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age.
Medical Definition of Plesiosaurus
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Origin: NL, fr. Gr near + a lizard.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plesiosaurus
Literary usage of Plesiosaurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1836)
"A nearly entire and unique skeleton of plesiosaurus ... Ventral portion of the
ribs of the plesiosaurus, figured in PI. 17. See VI p. 208. (Original. ..."
2. Geology and revelation: or The ancient history of the earth, considered in by Gerald Molloy (1873)
"Dr. Buckland tells us that in the plesiosaurus ... The habits and character of
the plesiosaurus have been thus sketched out by Mr. Conybeare:—"That it was ..."
3. The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as by Francis Henry Egerton Bridgewater (1836)
"A nearly entire and unique skeleton of plesiosaurus ... Ventral portion of the
ribs of the plesiosaurus, figured in PI. 17. See VI p. 208. (Original. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"The plesiosaurus, with a more extensive geological range through the Jurassic or
oolitic series, has left representatives of its genus in those mesozoic ..."
5. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames by John Phillips (1871)
"371 Caudal Vertebra of plesiosaurus valid us (four views) .. 372 Cervical Vertebra of
... 374 Cervical Vertebra of plesiosaurus carinatus (two views) . ..."
6. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1898)
"XLIX ON A NEW SPECIES OF plesiosaurus FROM STREET, NEAR GLASTONBURY ... THE locality
where the plesiosaurus, which forms the subject of the present brief ..."
7. Palaeontology Or A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their by Richard Owen (1861)
"Genus plesiosaurus.—The discovery of this genus forms one of the most important
additions that geology has made to comparative anatomy. ..."
8. Design in Nature: Illustrated by Spiral and Other Arrangements in the by James Bell Pettigrew (1908)
"There can be little doubt that the plesiosaurus could dive and fly through the
water with great rapidity. Its general shape and that of its flippers or ..."
9. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1836)
"A nearly entire and unique skeleton of plesiosaurus ... Ventral portion of the
ribs of the plesiosaurus, figured in PI. 17. See VI p. 208. (Original. ..."
10. Geology and revelation: or The ancient history of the earth, considered in by Gerald Molloy (1873)
"Dr. Buckland tells us that in the plesiosaurus ... The habits and character of
the plesiosaurus have been thus sketched out by Mr. Conybeare:—"That it was ..."
11. The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as by Francis Henry Egerton Bridgewater (1836)
"A nearly entire and unique skeleton of plesiosaurus ... Ventral portion of the
ribs of the plesiosaurus, figured in PI. 17. See VI p. 208. (Original. ..."
12. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"The plesiosaurus, with a more extensive geological range through the Jurassic or
oolitic series, has left representatives of its genus in those mesozoic ..."
13. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames by John Phillips (1871)
"371 Caudal Vertebra of plesiosaurus valid us (four views) .. 372 Cervical Vertebra of
... 374 Cervical Vertebra of plesiosaurus carinatus (two views) . ..."
14. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1898)
"XLIX ON A NEW SPECIES OF plesiosaurus FROM STREET, NEAR GLASTONBURY ... THE locality
where the plesiosaurus, which forms the subject of the present brief ..."
15. Palaeontology Or A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their by Richard Owen (1861)
"Genus plesiosaurus.—The discovery of this genus forms one of the most important
additions that geology has made to comparative anatomy. ..."
16. Design in Nature: Illustrated by Spiral and Other Arrangements in the by James Bell Pettigrew (1908)
"There can be little doubt that the plesiosaurus could dive and fly through the
water with great rapidity. Its general shape and that of its flippers or ..."
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