Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the superfamily Alligatoroidea — an extinct alligatorid from the Upper Cretaceous.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinos, "terrible") + σοῦχος (suchos, "crocodile")

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Examples

  • Also included are recreations of extinct organisms such as the Apatosaurus (a dinosaur), Deinosuchus (an ancient crocodile), Odontochelys (the ancestor of turtles) and Titanoboa (shown above).

    Focus on Nature Exhibition James Gurney 2010

  • There were several good talks in the morning on everything from plesiosaurs, to Deinosuchus in the Kaiparowits and Wahweap formations (in press), to taphonomy of dinosaur bonbeds in the Kaiparowits Formation (one of my favorite talks).

    Two great meetings ReBecca Foster 2009

  • In the deep muddy water of the old Mississippi, by the wrecks of the steamboats, if you look, you might find there's an old monster sleeping where the mud is the deepest he's an old Deinosuchus, the last of his kind.

    APED: "deinosuchus" hradzka 2009

  • There were several good talks in the morning on everything from plesiosaurs, to Deinosuchus in the Kaiparowits and Wahweap formations (in press), to taphonomy of dinosaur bonbeds in the Kaiparowits Formation (one of my favorite talks).

    Archive 2009-05-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

  • The big chunky animal at middle-bottom is the Safari Deinosuchus, which could be one of the coolest toy animals of all time.

    Toys toys toys Darren Naish 2006

  • Unfortunately it's just dull, but by that I don't mean to diss Deinosuchus of course.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • The big chunky animal at middle-bottom is the Safari Deinosuchus, which could be one of the coolest toy animals of all time.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Unfortunately it's just dull, but by that I don't mean to diss Deinosuchus of course.

    Toys toys toys Darren Naish 2006

  • Deinosuchus is a huge crocodilian found only in fossilized form.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • Deinosuchus is a huge crocodilian found only in fossilized form.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

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