saurian
Americanadjective
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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.
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resembling a lizard.
noun
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling a lizard
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of, relating to, or belonging to the Sauria, a former suborder of reptiles (now called Lacertilia ), which included the lizards
noun
Etymology
Origin of saurian
1800–10; < New Latin Sauri ( a ) an order of reptiles + -an; -saur
Example Sentences
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In addition to the T. rexes and other saurian menaces, he faces quicksand, large bugs, falling rocks, malfunctioning equipment and the withering judgment of a 9-year-old girl.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023
Dieter Bohn did find an “Alligator Bride” in the form of a song by blues-rock band Howlin’ Rain, but I don’t think these folks were the saurian spouses to which Wen was referring.
From The Verge • Dec. 10, 2021
The filmmakers did this deliberately to avoid any confusion with another saurian antagonist, the Velociraptor.
From Scientific American • Dec. 15, 2020
It would go under like the great reptiles of the saurian age who attempted to control a huge body by a small, centralized nervous system that could not adapt to rapid change in the environment.”
From Time • Nov. 20, 2013
Recognizing the bones as coming from a "gigantic saurian," Lakes thoughtfully dispatched some samples to both Marsh and Cope.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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