sauropterygian

English

Etymology

translingual Sauropterygia +‎ -ian

Noun

sauropterygian (plural sauropterygians)

A reptile of the extinct superorder Sauropterygia.
- 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 66:
  The sauropterygians had streamlined bodies and their limbs were more or less modified to function as paddles or flippers.

Hypernyms

saurian

Hyponyms

eosauropterygian
helveticosaurid
saurosphargid
placodontiform

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