SAURIAN


Meaning of SAURIAN in English

[sau.ri.an] n [NL Sauria, fr. NL saurus lizard, fr. Gk sauros] (ca. 1829): 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 adj

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