ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsȯrəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from tele- (II) + -saurus
: a genus (the type of the family Teleosauridae) of crocodilian reptiles of the Jurassic having a long and slender snout like a gavial and platycelous vertebrae