ˌēōˈsükēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from eo- + Greek souchos, a kind of crocodile + New Latin -ia
: an order of Reptilia comprising primitive extinct 2-arched reptiles (subclass Lepidosauria) from the Upper Permian that are sometimes considered ancestral to modern lizards and snakes
• eo·su·chi·an | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ən adjective or noun