Definitions for mosasaur

mosasaur mo·sa·saur

Spelling: [moh-suh-sawr]
IPA: /ˈmoʊ səˌsɔr/

Mosasaur is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 210 anagrams from letters in mosasaur (aamorssu).

Definitions for mosasaur

noun

  1. any of several extinct carnivorous marine lizards from the Cretaceous Period, having the limbs modified into broad, webbed paddles.

Origin of mosasaur

New Latin Mosasaurus (1823) genus name, equivalent to Latin Mosa the Meuse river (where a species was first discovered) + New Latin -saurus -sau