genus plesiosaurus

English Thesaurus

1. a reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	reptile genus,
definition	:	a genus of reptiles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	plesiosaur, plesiosaurus,
definition	:	extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	plesiosauria, suborder plesiosauria,
definition	:	any of the plesiosaurs (noun.animal)