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Noun: nothosaur
  1. Extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming

Derived forms: nothosaurs

Type of: archosaur, archosaurian, archosaurian reptile

Part of: genus Nothosaurus

Encyclopedia: Nothosaur