Plesiosaurusn.

Brit.

/ˌpliːzɪəˈsɔːrəs/, U.S.

/ˈˌplisiəˈsɔrəs/

Inflections: Plural Plesiosauri.

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Plesiosaurus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Plesiosaurus (see quot. 1821) < plesio- plesio- comb. form + ancient Greek σαῦρος lizard (see -saurus comb. form). Compare French †plesiosaurus (1824; now plésiosaure plesiosaur n.).

Palaeontology.

A genus of extinct marine reptiles of the infraorder Plesiosauria, having a small head on a long neck, a short tail, and four large paddle-like limbs; (also plesiosaurus) a reptile of this genus. Also figurative as the type of something extremely long.

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Plesiosaurus1821

plesiosaur1839

sauropterygian1861

plesiosaurian1869

plesiosauroid1870

1821 W. D. Conybeare in Trans. Geol. Soc. 5 560 A skeleton of the animal in question..enabled us to assign to it its true place in the zoological order, and to designate it by an appropriate name. That of Plesiosaurus has been chosen, as expressing its near approach to the order Lacerta.

1833 C. Bell Hand (1834) 113 The ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus..inhabited the sea; their remains are found low in the lias deposit.

1854 F. C. Bakewell Geol. 49 Some of the plesiosauri must have been 20 feet long.

1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 137 Fortunately Scotland was not yet annexed, or the poem [sc. Polyolbion] would have been even longer, and already it is the plesiosaurus of verse.

1931 Geogr. Jrnl. 77 295 The extinct Plesiosaurus is the creature that most nearly agrees with the living sea serpent.

1966 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. (ed. 3) ix. 125/1 Plesiosaurus, Muraenosaurus,..and Thaumatosaurus..belong to a group with small, short heads, a long neck, and short proximal limb bones.

1996 J. T. Hospital Oyster (1997) 78 He..told us that God made the plesiosaurus on the fifth day, and that no fish or any living creature existed before six thousand years ago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plesiosaurus
释义	Plesiosaurusn. Brit. /ˌpliːzɪəˈsɔːrəs/, U.S. /ˈˌplisiəˈsɔrəs/ Inflections: Plural Plesiosauri. Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Plesiosaurus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Plesiosaurus (see quot. 1821) < plesio- plesio- comb. form + ancient Greek σαῦρος lizard (see -saurus comb. form). Compare French †plesiosaurus (1824; now plésiosaure plesiosaur n.). Palaeontology. A genus of extinct marine reptiles of the infraorder Plesiosauria, having a small head on a long neck, a short tail, and four large paddle-like limbs; (also plesiosaurus) a reptile of this genus. Also figurative as the type of something extremely long. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > order Sauropterygia > plesiosaurus Plesiosaurus1821 plesiosaur1839 sauropterygian1861 plesiosaurian1869 plesiosauroid1870 1821 W. D. Conybeare in Trans. Geol. Soc. 5 560 A skeleton of the animal in question..enabled us to assign to it its true place in the zoological order, and to designate it by an appropriate name. That of Plesiosaurus has been chosen, as expressing its near approach to the order Lacerta. 1833 C. Bell Hand (1834) 113 The ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus..inhabited the sea; their remains are found low in the lias deposit. 1854 F. C. Bakewell Geol. 49 Some of the plesiosauri must have been 20 feet long. 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 137 Fortunately Scotland was not yet annexed, or the poem [sc. Polyolbion] would have been even longer, and already it is the plesiosaurus of verse. 1931 Geogr. Jrnl. 77 295 The extinct Plesiosaurus is the creature that most nearly agrees with the living sea serpent. 1966 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. (ed. 3) ix. 125/1 Plesiosaurus, Muraenosaurus,..and Thaumatosaurus..belong to a group with small, short heads, a long neck, and short proximal limb bones. 1996 J. T. Hospital Oyster (1997) 78 He..told us that God made the plesiosaurus on the fifth day, and that no fish or any living creature existed before six thousand years ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821
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