allosaur | (noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus | Synonyms: allosaurus |
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allosaurus | (noun) late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus | Synonyms: allosaur |
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ankylosaur | (noun) having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | Synonyms: ankylosaurus |
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ankylosaurus | (noun) having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's | Synonyms: ankylosaur |
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apatosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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apatosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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archosaur | (noun) extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, thecodonts | Synonyms: archosaurian, archosaurian reptile |
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archosaurian | (noun) extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, thecodonts | Synonyms: archosaur, archosaurian reptile |
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argentinosaur | (noun) huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina | - |
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barosaur | (noun) a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall | Synonyms: barosaurus |
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barosaurus | (noun) a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall | Synonyms: barosaur |
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brontosaur | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaurus, thunder lizard |
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brontosaurus | (noun) huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic | Synonyms: apatosaur, apatosaurus, Apatosaurus excelsus, brontosaur, thunder lizard |
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carnosaur | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws | - |
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ceratosaur | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaurus |
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ceratosaurus | (noun) primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America | Synonyms: ceratosaur |
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corythosaur | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaurus |
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corythosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet | Synonyms: corythosaur |
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dinosaur | (noun) any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era | - |
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dromaeosaur | (noun) a kind of maniraptor | - |
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edaphosaurus | (noun) heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic | - |
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edmontosaurus | (noun) duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin | - |
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hadrosaur | (noun) any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic | Synonyms: duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaurus |
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hadrosaurus | (noun) any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic | Synonyms: duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaur |
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herrerasaur | (noun) a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina | Synonyms: herrerasaurus |
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herrerasaurus | (noun) a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina | Synonyms: herrerasaur |
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ichthyosaur | (noun) any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs | - |
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ichthyosaurus | (noun) ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic | - |
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ictodosaur | (noun) intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals | - |
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megalosaur | (noun) gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe | Synonyms: megalosaurus |
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megalosaurus | (noun) gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe | Synonyms: megalosaur |
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nothosaur | (noun) extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming | - |
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pachycephalosaur | (noun) bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found | Synonyms: pachycephalosaurus |
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pachycephalosaurus | (noun) bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found | Synonyms: pachycephalosaur |
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pelycosaur | (noun) large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America | - |
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pisanosaur | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Argentina | Synonyms: pisanosaurus |
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pisanosaurus | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Argentina | Synonyms: pisanosaur |
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plesiosaur | (noun) extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck and a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous | Synonyms: plesiosaurus |
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plesiosaurus | (noun) extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck and a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous | Synonyms: plesiosaur |
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psittacosaur | (noun) primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal | Synonyms: psittacosaurus |
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psittacosaurus | (noun) primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal | Synonyms: psittacosaur |
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pterosaur | (noun) an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb | Synonyms: flying reptile |
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saurel | (noun) large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe | Synonyms: horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus |
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(noun) a California food fish | Synonyms: horse mackerel, jack mackerel, Spanish mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus |
saurian | (noun) any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs | - |
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saurischian | (noun) herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile | Synonyms: saurischian dinosaur |
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sauropod | (noun) very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head on a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal | Synonyms: sauropod dinosaur |
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saury | (noun) slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters | Synonyms: billfish, Scomberesox saurus |
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seismosaur | (noun) huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America | Synonyms: ground-shaker |
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staurikosaur | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Brazil | Synonyms: staurikosaurus |
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staurikosaurus | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Brazil | Synonyms: staurikosaur |
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stegosaur | (noun) herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | Synonyms: Stegosaur stenops, stegosaurus |
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stegosaurus | (noun) herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | Synonyms: stegosaur, Stegosaur stenops |
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styracosaur | (noun) an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous | Synonyms: styracosaurus |
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styracosaurus | (noun) an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous | Synonyms: styracosaur |
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thesaurus | (noun) a book containing a classified list of synonyms | Synonyms: synonym finder |
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titanosaur | (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: titanosaurian |
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titanosaurian | (noun) amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: titanosaur |
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tyrannosaur | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America | Synonyms: tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex |
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tyrannosaurus | (noun) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America | Synonyms: tyrannosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex |
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