02319 Co"pal (?; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, generic name of resins. Clavigero.] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrocosum, and Hymen\'91a Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes.Ur
02475 E*las`mo*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a metal plate + a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.
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