saurian

saurian
/sawr"ee euhn/, adj.
1. 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.
2. resembling a lizard.
n.
3. a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
[1800-10; < NL Sauri(a) an order of reptiles + -AN; see -SAUR]

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