transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplē-sē-ə-ˌsȯr, -zē- ]
noun
Etymology: ultimately from Greek plēsios close (akin to Greek pelas near) + sauros lizard
Date: 1839
: any of an order or suborder (Plesiosauria) of large carnivorous marine reptiles of the Mesozoic with dorsoventrally flattened bodies and limbs modified into flippers