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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
plesiosaurus
    n 1: extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a
         short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic
         and Cretaceous [syn: plesiosaur, plesiosaurus]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Plesiosaurus \Ple`si*o*sau"rus\, n.; pl. Plesiosauri. [NL.,
   fr. Gr ? near + ? a lizard.] (Paleon.)
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

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