mos a sauroid

& s. [Modern Latin mos a saur ( us ), and Gr. eidos =form.] A. As adj .: Belonging to or characteristic of the Mosasauridseæ (q. v.). B. As substantive: Palæont . ( pl .): The Mosasaur ide. "It was early conjectured that the mosasauroids were marine and aquatic in their habits."-Nicholson: Pala ontology , ii. 206.