nothosaur
/ˈnəʊtəsɔː(r)/noun
1- a semiaquatic fossil carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs幻龙。
1.1
- Infraorder Nothosauria, superorder Sauropterygia.幻龙下目, 鳍龙总目。
词源
1930s: from modern Latin Nothosauria, from Greek nothos 'false' + sauros 'lizard'.