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Mesosaurus
noun
Meso·sau·rus
\-rəs\
Definition of Mesosaurus
: a genus of small aquatic presumably fish-eating Permian reptiles of South America and southern Africa
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Origin and Etymology of mesosaurus
New Latin, from mes- + -saurus
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