n.
Pronunciation: ' so ̇ r- ē - ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Sauria, from New Latin saurus lizard, from Greek sauros
Date: 1824
: any of a suborder (Sauria) of reptiles including the lizards and in older classifications the crocodiles and various extinct forms (as the dinosaurs and ichthyosaurs) that resemble lizards
– saurian adjective