Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PLE-SI-O-SAU'RUS
PLE-SI-O-SAU'RUS, n. [Gr. πλησιος, next, and σαυρος, a lizard.]
A species of extinct lizard, or animal nearly of the same form, the fossil remains of which are found in the earth. – Buckland.
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