COTYLOSAUR


Meaning of COTYLOSAUR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-tə-lō-ˌsȯr, kə-ˈti-lə- ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek kotylē + sauros lizard

Date: 1895

: any of an order (Cotylosauria) of extinct primitive reptiles of the Carboniferous to Triassic with short legs and massive bodies that were probably the earliest truly terrestrial vertebrate animals

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.