Saurian Definition

sôrē-ən
noun

Lizard.

Webster's New World
Any of various vertebrates of the group Sauria, which includes most of the diapsids, such as the dinosaurs, lizards, snakes, crocodilians, and birds. Sauria was formerly a suborder consisting of the lizards.
American Heritage
adjective
Of, or having the characteristics of, lizards.
Webster's New World
Pertaining to the Sauria.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Saurian

Noun

Singular:
saurian
Plural:
saurians

Origin of Saurian

  • From New Latin Sauria former suborder name from saurus lizard from Greek sauros

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Late Latin *saurianus, from Ancient Greek σαύρα (saura, “lizard")

    From Wiktionary

Saurian Sentence Examples

  • The faunal aspect of the Tertiary periods differs strikingly from that of preceding Secondary or Mesozoic; in place of the great saurian reptiles we find the rapid development and finally the maximum expansion of mammals.

  • Some species still reportedly retain a visible ' tail ' although much atrophied from their supposedly extinct ' saurian ancestors.

  • Great quantities of large, well-preserved saurian fossils new to science were found in the Grentzbitumenzone.

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Words Starting With

SSASAU

Words Ending With

NANIAN

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