Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A reptile of the family Nothosauridæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
extinct marine reptiles , of the order Nothosauroidea, from theTriassic period
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming
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chained_bear commented on the word nothosaur
"a reptile with flipper-like limbs that lived both on land and in the water." (enchantedlearning.com)
Edit: The Wikipedia page is far more informative (no surprise there).
August 29, 2008