Saurian

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈsɔː.ɹi.É™n/
• US IPA: /ˈsɔɹ.i.É™n/, /ˈsɑɹ.i.É™n/

Origin

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

Full definition of saurian

Noun

1. A reptile of the suborder Sauria; a lizard.
• 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot (novel) Chapter VIAfter 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

1. Pertaining to the Sauria.
2. Resembling a lizard.

Synonyms

• lacertilian

Anagrams

• anurias
• uranias