单词 | mosasaur |
释义 | mosasaur mo.sa.saur AHD: [m½“s…-sôr”] D.J. [6m*&s*7s%8]K.K. [6mos*7s%r]n.(名词)Any of various very large extinct aquatic lizards of the genusMosasaurus, having modified limbs that served as paddles for swimming. These lizards, thought to have been viviparous and carnivorous, may be early ancestors of the modern monitor lizard. 沧龙:任一种沧龙属 的形体很大且已绝迹的水生蜥蜴,长有退化肢,作为游泳的桨。这些蜥蜴,尽管是胎生的食肉动物,可能是现在蜥蜴的早期祖先 语源:1. New Latin Mosasaurus [genus name] 现代拉丁语 Mosasaurus [属名] 2. Latin Mosa [the Meuse River (where fossils of the genus were first discovered)] 拉丁语 Mosa [缪斯河(沧龙属化石首次在此发现)] 3. Greek sauros [lizard] 希腊语 sauros [晰蜴] |
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