# phytosaur

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of the extinct order †Phytosauria of large semi-aquatic predatory archosaurs, resembling modern crocodiles, that flourished during the Late Triassic period.

## Etymology
From phyto- + -saur.

## Source
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