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Definition & Synonyms
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• Mosaic
- (n.) A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mosaic work.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions.
- (n.) A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic.
Synonyms:
Tessellated,
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• Mosaical
- (a.) Mosaic (in either sense).
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• Mosaically
- (adv.) In the manner of a mosaic.
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• Mosaism
- (n.) Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses; that which is peculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines.
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• Mosasaur
- (n.) Alt. of Mosasaurian
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• Mosasauria
- (n. pl.) An order of large, extinct, marine reptiles, found in the Cretaceous rocks, especially in America. They were serpentlike in form and in having loosely articulated and dilatable jaws, with large recurved tteth, but they had paddlelike feet. Some of them were over fifty feet long. They are, essentially, fossil sea serpents with paddles. Called also Pythonomarpha, and Mosasauria.
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• Mosasaurian
- (n.) One of an extinct order of reptiles, including Mosasaurus and allied genera. See Mosasauria.
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• Mosasaurus
- (n.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands.
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