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-saurus (sôr′əs)

Zool. lizard: used to form the scientific names of certain genera of reptiles Brontosaurus

Etymology: < Gr sauros, lizard

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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