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Definition of Mosasaur
1. n. One of an extinct order of reptiles, including Mosasaurus and allied genera. See Mosasauria.
Definition of Mosasaur
1. Noun. An large extinct marine reptile, in the family Mosasauridae; the ancestor of modern snakes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mosasaur
1. an extinct lizard [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mosasaur
Literary usage of Mosasaur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animals of the Past by Frederic Augustus Lucas (1901)
"An occasional mosasaur reaches a length of forty feet, but such are rare indeed,
and one even twenty-five feet long is a large specimen,* while the great ..."
2. The Kansas University Science Bulletin by University of Kansas (1902)
"I regret my inability to read the Russian text of his article, but, from the
resume and the figures, I hardly think the bone can pertain to a mosasaur. ..."
3. Zoological Recreations by William John Broderip (1849)
"The rush of the mosasaur through the water must have been most rapid ; and its
whole structure bespeaks an agent for keeping down the larger races of ..."
4. Mighty Animals: Being Short Talks about Some of the Animals which Lived on by Jennie Irene Mix (1912)
"Then, to make matters worse for his prey, the mosasaur had many sharp teeth.
So what chance of escape did any fish have when once he had been captured by ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"May they not belong to a Jurassic saur, one less fully developed than the Cretaceous
mosasaur? Is it not possible, or even probable, that the conglomerates ..."
6. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1916)
"... by the US Geological Survey as Cretaceous from the fossil remains of bivalves
and some teeth and vertebrae of the mosasaur found in the shale. ..."
7. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1921)
"There are numerous examples known. 6. Necrosis with hyperplasia is present in
the ilium of Camptosaurus iu the US National Museum and in a mosasaur radius ..."
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