Balisaur :: Balisaur (n.) A badgerlike animal of India (Arcionyx collaris).

Brontosaurus :: Brontosaurus (n.) A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.

Camarasaurus :: Camarasaurus (n.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebrae..

Ceratosaurus :: Ceratosaurus (n.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix..

Chrysaurin :: Chrysaurin (n.) An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production..

Deinosaur :: Deinosaur (n.) See Dinosaur.

Dinosaur :: Dinosaur (n.) Alt. of Dinosauria.

Dinosauria :: Dinosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large bird tracks, so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix..

Dinosaurian :: Dinosaurian (n.) One of the Dinosauria.

Elasmosaurus :: Elasmosaurus (n.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus..

Enaliosaur :: Enaliosaur (n.) One of the Enaliosauria.

Enaliosauria :: Enaliosauria (n. pl.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders..

Enaliosaurian :: Enaliosaurian (a.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria.

Enaliosaurian :: Enaliosaurian (n.) One of the Enaliosauria.

Eosaurus :: Eosaurus (n.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.

Hadrosaurus :: Hadrosaurus (n.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation..

Halisauria :: Halisauria (n. pl.) The Enaliosauria.

Hylaeosaur :: Hylaeosaur (n.) Alt. of Hylaeosauru.

Hylaeosaurus :: Hylaeosaurus (n.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines..

Hyleosaur :: Hyleosaur (n.) Same as Hylaeosaur.

Ichthyosaur :: Ichthyosaur (n.) One of the Ichthyosaura.

Ichthyosauri :: Ichthyosauri (pl. ) of Ichthyosauru.

Ichthyosauria :: Ichthyosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found later than the Cretaceous period..

Ichthyosaurian :: Ichthyosaurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ichthyosauria.

Ichthyosaurian :: Ichthyosaurian (n.) One of the Ichthyosauria.

Ichthyosaurus :: Ichthyosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations..

Lepidosauria :: Lepidosauria (n. pl.) A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata..

Mastodonsaurus :: Mastodonsaurus (n.) A large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the European Triassic rocks..

Megalosaur :: Megalosaur (n.) Alt. of Megalosauru.

Megalosaurus :: Megalosaurus (n.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere..

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