sauropterygia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs
    order Sauropterygia.

WordNet


Sau*rop`te*ryg"i*a noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. a lizard + , , a wing.
Definitions
  1. (Paleon.) Same as Plesiosauria.

Webster 1913