mesosaur
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mesosaur
one of a group of Anapsid reptiles (order Mesosauria) from the Lower Permian which were fish-eating and looked superficially like crocodiles.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005