MOSASAURUS

Definition: MOSASAURUS

MOSASAURUS

Noun

1. A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "MOSASAURUS" was first used: 1830. (references)

Etymology: Mosasaurus \Mos`a*sau"rus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression Mosa the River Meuse (on which Meastricht is situated) Greek expression lizard.]. (Websters 1913)

Expression: MOSASAURUS

Frequency of Internet Keywords: MOSASAURUS

Ancestral Language Translations: MOSASAURUS

Rhyming with "MOSASAURUS"

Words rhyming with "MOSASAURUS" (pronounced 'Mos`a*sau"rus'): Arcturus, Birrus, brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Carus, Ceratosaurus, Churrus, Citrus, Coenurus, gyrus, hadrosaurus, ichthyosaurus, Laurus, Malapterurus, Morosaurus, Morus, Paleosaurus, Palinurus, Papyrus, Pelorus, Pleiosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Pliosaurus, Proterosaurus, Pylorus, Pyrus, Scarus, Sciurus, Silurus, Strato-cirrus, Susurrus, thesaurus, torus, urus, Varus, Virus, Walrus. (additional references)

Anagrams: MOSASAURUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-m-o-r-s-s-s-u-u"
	-1 letter: mosasaurs.
	-2 letters: mosasaur.
	-3 letters: asarums, samosas.
	-4 letters: amours, aromas, asarum, aurous, aurums, massas, morass, ramous, samosa.
	-5 letters: amass, amour, aroma, arums, auras, aurum, maars, massa, moras, muras, omasa, ramus, roams, saros, soars, somas, soras, sorus, sours, sumos, suras.
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