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saurian - What does it mean?

Definition of 'saurian'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A reptile of the suborder Sauria ; a lizard.
  • *1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VI
  • *:After dinner we all went on deck and watched the unfamiliar scenes of a Capronian night--that is, all but von Schoenvorts. There was less to see than to hear. From the great inland lake behind us came the hissing and the screaming of countless saurians . Above us we heard the flap of giant wings, while from the shore rose the multitudinous voices of a tropical jungle--of a warm, damp atmosphere such as must have enveloped the entire earth during the Palezoic and Mesozoic eras.
  • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Pertaining to the Sauria.
  • Resembling a lizard.
  • Synonyms

    * lacertilian

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