saurian
pronunciation
How to pronounce saurian in British English:
UK [ˈsɔ:riən]
How to pronounce saurian in American English:
US [ˈsɔriən]
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- Noun:
- any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to lizards
Word Origin
- saurian (n.)
- reptile of the order Sauria, 1819, from Modern Latin sauria "the order of reptiles," from Greek sauros "lizard" (see -saurus). Sauropod is 1891, from Modern Latin sauropoda (O.C. Marsh, 1884), second element from Greek pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).
Example
- 1. 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 .