geosaurine

English

Noun

geosaurine (plural geosaurines)

1. Any extinct metriorhynchid crocodyliform of the subfamily Geosaurinae.
   • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 137:

     Patrolling the open water between the tropical islands and slinking into lagoons and bays are geosaurines, smooth-skinned crocodiles as large as an orca.