elasmognathous (elasmognathus)

[ IMG:content-0277.png:[graphic] tum or prolongation of the mes ethmoid bone prominent and perfectly o ified. E. bairdi, the type, is a large Nicaraguan species about 40 inches long and 22 high. E. dow i is another Central American form. See cut under tapir. 2. A genus of extinct chimæroid fishes, later (1888) called Elasmodectes. Egerton. Elasmoidæ (el-as-moi'dē), n. pl. [NL., Elas mus +-oida.] Same as Elasminæ. Förster, 1856. elasmosaur (e-las'mō-sâr), n. A reptile of the genus Elasmosaur us or family Elasmosaurida . IMG:content-0278.png:[blocks in formation]