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saurian

[ sawr-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  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.


noun

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

saurian

/ ˈsɔːrɪən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a lizard
  2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Sauria, a former suborder of reptiles (now called Lacertilia ), which included the lizards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a former name for lizard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

saurian

/ sôrē-ən /

  1. A lizard or similar reptile.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of saurian1

1800–10; < New Latin Sauri ( a ) an order of reptiles + -an; -saur
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saurian1

C15: from New Latin Sauria, from Greek sauros
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Example Sentences

When within a few yards of the saurian, he threw a double charge of dynamite close up to it, and then turned to fly.

A river of some size enters, on the left hand, about six miles below the saurian encampment, which originates in a lake.

The bullet darted into the nearer eye and ripped through what little brain the saurian possessed.

But the term saurian is no longer in favour, and has faded from science, and is interesting only in ancient history of progress.

Most modern naturalists who use the term saurian still make it an equivalent of lizard, or an animal of the lizard kind.

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