
• (n.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.
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E`o·sau'rus noun [ New Latin , from Greek
'hw`s dawn +
say^ros lizard.]
(Paleon.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/52
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