En*al`i*o*sau"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. marine ( in + the sea) + a lizard.] Paleon.

An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.

 

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