-saur

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a combining form used in the names of extinct reptiles, especially archosaurs, usually Anglicized forms of Latin taxonomic names: dinosaur; pterosaur.

Origin of -saur

From the Greek word saûros lizard

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British Dictionary definitions for -saur

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n combining form

lizarddinosaur

Word Origin

from New Latin saurus

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