Saurian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɔːɹiən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Saurian is a noun meaning (properly) A reptile of the suborder Sauria.
Meaning
(properly) A reptile of the suborder Sauria.
More Meanings
- (popularly, especially science fiction) Any large reptilian animal, including crocodiles and reptilian aliens.
- (figuratively) A lizardlike person.
- (zoology) Of or related to the members of the suborder Sauria.
- (figuratively) Synonym of lizardlike or reptilian.
Example Sentences
He was one of the very few larger saurians in the émigré marshes.
Good evening, fellow saurians, and welcome once again to the Tri-Sports Arena! I'm your host, Raz Charkov.
I took heart, however, as I recalled a conversation between Challenger and Summerlee upon the habits of the great saurians.
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.
Word Forms
- saurians
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include saurischian, sauropterygian, saurornithoidid, sauropsid, sauropod, sauropsidian.
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