| 释义 |
mosasaurus/məʊsəˈsɔ:rəs/n. any of a group of large extinct marine reptiles of the late Cretaceous period, esp. of the genus Mosasaurus, with a long slender body and paddle-like limbs (白垩纪)沧龙 [modern Latin, from Mosa, the river Meuse (near which it was first discovered) + Greek sauros ‘lizard’] |