geosaurine

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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.
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