Sauropterygian

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A reptile of the extinct superorder Sauropterygia.

    "The sauropterygians had streamlined bodies and their limbs were more or less modified to function as paddles or flippers."

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"The sauropterygians had streamlined bodies and their limbs were more or less modified to function as paddles or flippers."

Etymology

From translingual Sauropterygia + -ian.

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