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n. A large extinct marine reptile having paddlelike limbs that was common in Europe and North America during the Mesozoic Era.

n. Any of several extinct marine reptiles, of the order Plesiosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods

n. One of the Plesiosauria.

n. An animal of the order Plesiosauria.

n. extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous

"David is right: unfortunately it's the image that leaps to mind for most people whenever 'plesiosaur' is mentioned, and this is despite the fact that there aren't really any accounts from Loch Ness that sound in the least bit plesiosaur-like."

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