Mosasaurus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mosasaurus \Mos`a*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. L. Mosa the River Meuse
     (on which Meastricht is situated) + Gr. ? a lizard.]
     (Paleon.)
     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. [Written also {Mososaurus}.]
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