champsosaur

English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Champsosaurus

Noun

champsosaur (plural champsosaurs)

1. Any extinct diapsid reptile of the genus †Champsosaurus.
   • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 107:

     Somewhere out there, predatory lizards called chapsosaurs and large alligator-like crocodilians lurk, mostly submerged in the water, snapping at fish.

Hypernyms

• diapsid