SAURIAN


Meaning of SAURIAN in English

/sawr"ee euhn/ , adj.

1. belonging or pertaining to the Sauria, a group of reptiles originally including the lizards, crocodiles, and several extinct forms but now technically restricted to the lizards.

2. resembling a lizard.

n.

3. a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.

[ 1800-10; Sauri ( a ) an order of reptiles + -AN; see -SAUR ]

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