Elasmosaurus

noun

Elas·​mo·​sau·​rus

: a genus of gigantic long-necked marine reptiles (order Sauropterygia) from the Cretaceous of Kansas related to Plesiosaurus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from elasm- + -saurus

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