Teleosaurus
noun
Tel·eo·sau·rus
Definition of Teleosaurus
: a genus (the type of the family Teleosauridae) of crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic having a long and slender snout like a gavial and platycelous vertebrae
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Origin and Etymology of teleosaurus
New Latin, from 2tele- + -saurus
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