Definition of Nothosaurus
: a genus of extinct reptiles (suborder Nothosauria) resembling the plesiosaurs but having longer and more slender limbs less completely modified for swimming
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Origin and Etymology of nothosaurus
New Latin, from noth- + -saurus
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