saurian

[ sawr-ee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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.
resembling a lizard.

saurian

/ ˈsɔːrɪən /

of, relating to, or resembling a lizard
of, relating to, or belonging to the Sauria, a former suborder of reptiles (now called Lacertilia ), which included the lizards

saurian

/ sôr′ē-ən /

Origin of saurian¹

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

Origin of saurian¹

C15: from New Latin Sauria, from Greek sauros

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.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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