/fuy"teuh sawr'/ , n.
any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
[ Phytosauria (see PHYTO-, -SAUR, -IA) ]