Crossword-Solution: MOSASAUR
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Mosasaur | n. | Alt. of Mosasaurian |
We have 2 clues for the answer “MOSASAUR”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Extinct aquatic lizard | 1 answer |
| type of extinct Cretaceous giant marine lizard, typically with paddle-like limbs | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with MOSASAUR (5)
The lower jaw of the mosasaur was jointed; the quadrate bone, which in all reptiles connects the bone of the lower jaw with the skull, was movable, and as in snakes the lower jaw could be used in thrusting prey down the throat.
One may imitate the movement of the lower jaw of the mosasaur by extending the arms, clasping the hands, and bending the elbows.
This layer (dinosaur beds) is not more than two hundred and seventy-four feet in thickness, and is altogether of fresh-water origin; but as a proof of the oscillations of the earth-level both before and after this great thin sheet of fresh-water rock was so widely spread, there are evidences of the previous invasion of the sea (ichthyosaur beds) and of the subsequent invasion of the sea (mosasaur beds) in the whole Rocky Mountain region.
Restoration by Osborn and Knight 50 SKULL OF THE FLAT-WRISTED MOSASAUR, _Platecarpus coryphæus_ 51 RESTORATION OF KANSAS CRETACEOUS ANIMALS.
This small sum enabled me to go with my son George into the chalk of Kansas, where we discovered the splendid specimen of a mosasaur, now in the museum of Iowa University.
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Appears in: Boston Globe.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2000).