sȯˌräptəˈrijēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from saur- + pteryg- + -ia
: an order of Reptilia comprising forms more or less completely adapted to a marine environment and usually including the suborders Nothosauria and Plesiosauria
• sau·rop·te·ryg·i·an ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rijēən adjective or noun