Dolichosaurus

noun

Dol·​i·​cho·​sau·​rus

: a genus (the type of the family Dolichosauriidae) of small long-necked aquatic fossil lizards from the Upper Cretaceous of England closely related to the recent Varanidae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from dolich- + -saurus

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