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单词 mesosaur
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Definition of mesosaur in English:

mesosaur

noun ˈmɛsəsɔːˈmē-
  • An extinct small aquatic reptile of the early Permian period, with an elongated body, flattened tail, and a long, narrow snout with numerous pointed teeth.

    中龙

    Genus Mesosaurus, order Mesosauria, subclass Anapsida

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most basal anapsids, the mesosaurs, are oldest known fully aquatic reptiles.
    • At the same time as the mesosaurs were flourishing in this newly formed inland sea, a major period of mountain building began in the south, due to the Andean-style collision of the Palaeo-Pacific plate under the African plate.
    • Mesosaur remains are abundant at several sites in this formation, where they occur preserved in centimetre-thick beds and displaying various degrees of skeletal disarticulation.
    • Only mesosaurs and araeoscelidians demonstrate more lightly built limbs than protorothyridids.
    • Mesosaur fossils appear suddenly in the fossil record, and disappear equally suddenly, and their fossils show no sign of evolution during their existence.

Origin

1950s: modern Latin, from Greek mesos 'middle' + sauros 'lizard'.

Definition of mesosaur in US English:

mesosaur

(also mesosaurus)
nounˈmē-
  • An extinct small aquatic reptile of the early Permian period, with an elongated body, flattened tail, and a long, narrow snout with numerous pointed teeth.

    中龙

    Genus Mesosaurus, order Mesosauria, subclass Anapsida

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only mesosaurs and araeoscelidians demonstrate more lightly built limbs than protorothyridids.
    • At the same time as the mesosaurs were flourishing in this newly formed inland sea, a major period of mountain building began in the south, due to the Andean-style collision of the Palaeo-Pacific plate under the African plate.
    • Mesosaur remains are abundant at several sites in this formation, where they occur preserved in centimetre-thick beds and displaying various degrees of skeletal disarticulation.
    • Mesosaur fossils appear suddenly in the fossil record, and disappear equally suddenly, and their fossils show no sign of evolution during their existence.
    • The most basal anapsids, the mesosaurs, are oldest known fully aquatic reptiles.

Origin

1950s: modern Latin, from Greek mesos ‘middle’ + sauros ‘lizard’.

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