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Meaning of "elasmosaur" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELASMOSAUR

From Greek elasmos metal plate + sauros lizard.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ELASMOSAUR

elasmosaur  [ɪˈlæzməˌsɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELASMOSAUR

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elasmosaur is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ELASMOSAUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Elasmosauridae

Elasmosauridae was a family of plesiosaurs. They had the longest necks of the plesiosaurs and survived from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous. They had a diet of fish and shelless cephalopods.

Definition of elasmosaur in the English dictionary

The definition of elasmosaur in the dictionary is a very long-necked extinct marine reptile: a type of plesiosaur.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELASMOSAUR


allosaur
ˈæləˌsɔː
apatosaur
əˈpætəˌsɔː
archosaur
ˈɑːkəˌsɔː
brontosaur
ˈbrɒntəˌsɔː
carnosaur
ˈkɑːnəˌsɔː
Chickasaw
ˈtʃɪkəˌsɔː
cotylosaur
ˈkɒtɪləˌsɔː
dinosaur
ˈdaɪnəˌsɔː
hadrosaur
ˈhædrəˌsɔː
ichthyosaur
ˈɪkθɪəˌsɔː
mosasaur
ˈməʊsəˌsɔː
plesiosaur
ˈpliːsɪəˌsɔː
pterosaur
ˈtɛrəˌsɔː
quartersaw
ˈkwɔːtəˌsɔː
stegosaur
ˈstɛɡəˌsɔː
teleosaur
ˈtɛlɪəˌsɔː
titanosaur
taɪˈtænəˌsɔː
tyrannosaur
tɪˈrænəˌsɔː
vavasor
ˈvævəˌsɔː
vavassor
ˈvævəˌsɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELASMOSAUR

elasmobranch
elastance
elastane
elastase
elastic
elastic band
elastic limit
elastic modulus
elastic rebound
elastic stockings
elastically
elasticate
elasticated
elastication
elasticise
elasticity
elasticize
elasticness
elastin
elastomer

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELASMOSAUR

ankylosaur
balisaur
barosaur
baur
centaur
coelurosaur
daur
duck-billed dinosaur
faur
gaur
Kaur
megalosaur
Minotaur
ornithosaur
pelycosaur
pliosaur
scaur
supersaur
waur
whaur

Synonyms and antonyms of elasmosaur in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «elasmosaur» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELASMOSAUR

Find out the translation of elasmosaur to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elasmosaur from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elasmosaur» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

elasmosaur
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elasmosaur
570 millions of speakers

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elasmosaur
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

elasmosaur
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

elasmosaur
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

elasmosaur
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elasmossauro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

elasmosaur
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

élasmosaure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elasmosaur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Elasmosaur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

首長竜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

elasmosaur
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elasmosaur
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

elasmosaur
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

elasmosaur
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एलिममोसोरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

elasmosaur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elasmosaur
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

elasmosaur
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

elasmosaur
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

elasmosaur
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

elasmosaur
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

elasmosaur
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

elasmosaur
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

elasmosaur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elasmosaur

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELASMOSAUR»

The term «elasmosaur» is used very little and occupies the 192.101 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELASMOSAUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «elasmosaur» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «elasmosaur» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elasmosaur

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELASMOSAUR»

Discover the use of elasmosaur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elasmosaur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Science
ELASMOSAUR. THAT'S ME ' ize that it would be hard for an idea of this kind to work smoothly at the beginning, but eventually it could be made into a big thing. It means more work all around, too. Not long ago I heard an attorney addressing a  ...
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Life in Stone: A Natural History of British Columbia's Fossils
Figure 13.2 Reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous elasmosaur Hydrotherosaurus. This genus grew to a length of 12 m. Source: From Carroll ( 1988) My involvement with these fossils came a few years later when the Courtenay Museum asked ...
Rolf Ludvigsen, 2011
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Reign of the Sea Dragons
a time when dinosaurs walked the earth, a strange, large animal called an elasmosaur (ee-LAZ-moh-sohr) slipped silently through warm ocean waters. The elasmosaur had long, elegant flippers to propel its turtle-shaped body, and a ...
Sneed B. Collard, 2008
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
However, further adult cranial material from this site is needed for comparison to determine where these sutures lay. This adult skull follows closely the general form of elasmosaur skulls when compared with descriptions of other specimens.
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Ancient Marine Reptiles
Feeding Guild Pursuit Predators Ambush Predators Cut --- Mosasaur Pierce 11 Pliosauroid Mosasaur Elasmosaur Pierce I --- ?Elasmosaur Smash --- --Crunch -- - --Crush --- --Data from Massare (1987, 1988). Table 7. Pierre Shale fauna, Late  ...
Jack M. Callaway, Elizabeth L. Nicholls, 1997
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Xtoriez
Before the princess could say respond, the elasmosaur snarled and lunged at the keyito. The cave boy intercepted his head with a swift blow from his club. The elasmosaur backed off, but only briefly. Another elasmosaur reared up on the ...
G. L. Strytler, 2011
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Dinosaurs in Australia: Mesozoic Life from the Southern ...
Taxonomic clarification of the Australian elasmosaurid Eromangasaurus, with reference to other austral elasmosaur taxa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27, 241–246. Kear BP, Schroeder NI and Lee MSY2006. An archaic crested ...
Benjamin P. Kear, Robert J. Hamilton-Bruce, 2011
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Stellar Stories
Then there was a tremendous roar as the elasmosaur emerged in a fit of fury, exploding from beneath the water with A-donna on its back. She grasped it tightly around its neck, her knife buried deep into its side. Immediately upon appearing ...
Jody Studdard
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Loch Ness Monster: Fact Or Fiction?
Plesiosaur neck vertebrae (there were up to 73 of them in an elasmosaur—the extremely long-necked plesiosaur most often identified with Nessie) were strung so closely together that they barely had any wiggle room. As a result, the neck was ...
Rick Emmer, 2010
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Cheap Tricks and Class Acts: Special Effects, Makeup, and ...
The Elasmosaur was mounted on a wheeled platform sitting on a set of rails at the bottom of a huge pool situated inside a gigantic process stage. When the effects crew pulled the rolling platform across the underwater rails and utilized the ...
John Johnson, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELASMOSAUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elasmosaur is used in the context of the following news items.
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12-year-old boy finds 80-million-year-old marine reptile bone in …
While on a dinosaur fossil expedition, 12-year-old Aiden Taylor found a neck vertebrae of an Elasmosaur. It's a reptile with a long neck that ... «WSMV Nashville, Jun 15»
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Courtenay Centennial's Freedom of the City among long list of …
Across the street, you can see the famous Elasmosaur at the Courtenay & District Museum Open House from 1-4 p.m.. Variety Show. Wrap your ... «Comox Valley Record, Jun 15»
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UA in the News: June 23, 2015
Taylor discovered a vertebra from an elasmosaur, Cretaceous-Period, long-necked leviathans that prowled a sea whose shoreline traced along ... «UA News, Jun 15»
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UA-Led Expedition Turns up More Fossilized Animal Remains
The elasmosaur piece discovered by Aiden Taylor during the middle ... paleontologist, said the piece definitely belonged to an elasmosaur. «UA News, Jun 15»
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The real sea monsters
That creature was also an elasmosaur. Its name is Albertonectes vanderveldei. It lived about 70 million years ago. Overall, it was slightly shorter ... «Science News for Students, Jun 15»
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If Jurassic World was set in Canada these would be the stars
Their discovery marked the first time an Elasmosaur was recorded in B.C. and the first time it was found on the western portion of the Canadian ... «The Weather Network, Jun 15»
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Old Scientist: How biologists tussled over the Loch Ness monster
... an unknown animal. And at present, for the life of me, I cannot imagine any other animal than an Elasmosaur which could possibly fill the bill." ... «New Scientist, Apr 15»
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From fins to legs to fins again
... including a sea turtle, an early flightless marine bird, a large mosasaur and a long-necked elasmosaur. Image credit: Smithsonian/Karen Carr. «EarthSky, Apr 15»
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Marine Predator Evolution Tracks Ancient Ocean
... near the end of the "Age of Reptiles," including a sea turtle, an early flightless marine bird, a large mosasaur and a long-necked elasmosaur. «Marine Technology News, Apr 15»
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Take a Deep Dive Into The Reasons Land Animals Moved to the Seas
... near the end of the "Age of Reptiles," including a sea turtle, an early flightless marine bird, a large mosasaur and a long-necked elasmosaur. «Smithsonian, Apr 15»

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