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elasmosaur

/ ɪˈlæzməˌsɔː /

noun

  1. a very long-necked extinct marine reptile: a type of plesiosaur
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of elasmosaur1

C19: from Greek elasmos metal plate + sauros lizard
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Example Sentences

Some believe Nessie is a long-necked plesiosaur-like an elasmosaur - that somehow survived when all the other dinosaurs were wiped out.

Researchers have uncovered the 70-million-year-old fossilized remains of a massive elasmosaur from the icy depths of Antarctica unlike anything ever seen before.

In a jacket on a table downstairs of the museum are 15 neck vertebrae still in original life position, representing about a quarter of the neck of the 50- to 60-foot elasmosaur, an extreme variety of plesiosaur.

In a jacket on a table downstairs of the museum are 15 neck vertebrae still in original life position, representing about a quarter of the neck of the 50- to 60-foot elasmosaur, an extreme variety of plesiosaur.

The new species of elasmosaur is detailed in an article published Thursday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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