SAURIAN


Meaning of SAURIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsȯr-ē-ən ]

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

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