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Definition of Saurians
1. saurian [n] - See also: saurian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saurians
Literary usage of Saurians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"The greater por.m of the saurians are easily distinguished ire-- ... saurians are
oviparous: a few <mm v parons. They have been divided into mu; ..."
2. The Sea and Its Living Wonders by Georg Hartwig (1892)
"The saurians of the Past Seas.—The Anatomical Structure of the Turtle«— Their
Size—Their Visits to the Shores—The Dangers that await their Young —Turtles on ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The sea saurians.—The ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs which had dominated the Jurassic
... The aquatic branch of the scaled saurians (squamata) attained great ..."
4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The sea saurians.—The ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs which had dominated the Jurassic
... The aquatic branch of the scaled saurians (squamata) attained great ..."
5. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1836)
"FOSSIL saurians. IN those distant ages that elapsed during the formation of strata
of the secondary series, so large a field was occupied by reptiles, ..."
6. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"Including both fossil and living species the saurians may be divided into five
groups, ... The Dinosaurs include huge fossil saurians, as the Megalosaurus, ..."
7. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"Including both fossil and living species the saurians may be divided into five
groups, ... The Dinosaurs include huge fossil saurians, as the Megalosaurus, ..."
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