- mosasaurus
- mosasaurus (n.) marine dinosaur, 1830, from L. Mosa "the river Meuse" + -SAURUS (Cf. -saurus). the fossils of the ancient reptile were first discovered 1780 near Maastricht, on the Meuse.
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