pliosaur noun2 •Any plesiosaur in the suborder †Pliosauroidea, known from the earliest Jurassic to early Late Cretaceous.Hunting many of the other marine reptiles are the pliosaurs, short-necked and large-headed versions of plesiosaurs who appear to have had a general diet of anything that moved. — 2022 •Any plesiosaurs of the family †Pliosauridae. formspliosaurs