saurian
英 ['sɔːrɪən]
美['sɔrɪən]
- adj. 蜥蜴的；蜥蜴类的
- n. 蜥蜴；蜥蜴类
中文词源
saurian 蜥蜴的，恐龙的
来自希腊语 sauros,蜥蜴。衍生词根-saur,恐龙，来自 dinosaur,恐龙。
英英释意
- 1. any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
英文词源
- 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.)).