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    ARCHOSAURIAN REPTILE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodontsplay

    Synonyms:

    archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("archosaurian reptile" is a kind of...):

    diapsid; diapsid reptile (reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "archosaurian reptile"):

    dinosaur (any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era)

    flying reptile; pterosaur (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)

    thecodont; thecodont reptile (presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds)

    ichthyosaur (any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs)

    plesiosaur; plesiosaurus (extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous)

    nothosaur (extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming)

    Holonyms ("archosaurian reptile" is a member of...):

    Archosauria; subclass Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

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