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SAURIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("saurian" is a kind of...):

diapsid; diapsid reptile (reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saurian"):

lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Holonyms ("saurian" is a member of...):

Lacertilia; Sauria; suborder Lacertilia; suborder Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)

Derivation:

saurian (of or relating to lizards)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to lizards

Synonyms:

lacertilian; saurian

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

lizard (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Derivation:

Sauria (true lizards; including chameleons and geckos)

saurian (any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs)

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