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单词 saurian
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Definition of saurian in English:

saurian

adjective ˈsɔːrɪənˈsɔriən
  • Of or like a lizard.

    (像)蜥蜴的

    a table with saurian legs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He looked up and the saurian creature's slitted eyes seemed to stare back at him, taunting him.
    • It stood up on two thick saurian legs; it was at least 20 feet tall.
    • One sinister saurian lies along the grassy banks, as patterned and prim - and primed - as a killer handbag.
    • This saurian symbol of Chinese emperors has been claimed, from the mid-1980s onward, as the common patrimony of all Chinese people.
    Synonyms
    reptile
noun ˈsɔːrɪənˈsɔriən
  • Any large reptile, especially a dinosaur or other extinct form.

    大型爬行动物(尤指绝迹的恐龙等)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their tympanum is not homologous with the tympanum of mammals and saurians (extant diapsids) because it developed independently in all three groups.
    • We see literally hundreds of saurians in this sequence, representing a diverse range of species, and the excitement and beauty of the story unfold dynamically without a single spoken word.
    • Jenkins observed that in living saurians humeral motion primarily takes place perpendicular to the saddle's long axis, across the shorter, convex surface.
    • Megalancosaurus is one of the few putative bird ancestors among basal saurians that has been included in a more global cladistic analysis or in the context of smaller taxonomic groupings.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin Sauria (see Sauria) + -an.

  • dinosaur from mid 19th century:

    The word dinosaur was coined in 1841, from Greek words meaning ‘terrible lizard’, the -saurus, also found in saurian (early 19th century) ‘lizard-like’. People or things that have not adapted to changing times have been condemned as dinosaurs since the 1950s.

Definition of saurian in US English:

saurian

adjectiveˈsôrēənˈsɔriən
  • Of or like a lizard.

    (像)蜥蜴的

    a table with saurian legs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He looked up and the saurian creature's slitted eyes seemed to stare back at him, taunting him.
    • This saurian symbol of Chinese emperors has been claimed, from the mid-1980s onward, as the common patrimony of all Chinese people.
    • It stood up on two thick saurian legs; it was at least 20 feet tall.
    • One sinister saurian lies along the grassy banks, as patterned and prim - and primed - as a killer handbag.
    Synonyms
    reptile
nounˈsôrēənˈsɔriən
  • Any large reptile, especially a dinosaur or other extinct form.

    大型爬行动物(尤指绝迹的恐龙等)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We see literally hundreds of saurians in this sequence, representing a diverse range of species, and the excitement and beauty of the story unfold dynamically without a single spoken word.
    • Jenkins observed that in living saurians humeral motion primarily takes place perpendicular to the saddle's long axis, across the shorter, convex surface.
    • Megalancosaurus is one of the few putative bird ancestors among basal saurians that has been included in a more global cladistic analysis or in the context of smaller taxonomic groupings.
    • Their tympanum is not homologous with the tympanum of mammals and saurians (extant diapsids) because it developed independently in all three groups.

Origin

Early 19th century: from modern Latin Sauria (see Sauria) + -an.

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