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Definition of Sauria
1. Noun. True lizards; including chameleons and geckos.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Order Squamata, Squamata
Member holonyms: Saurian, Family Gekkonidae, Gekkonidae, Family Pygopodidae, Pygopodidae, Family Iguania, Family Iguanidae, Iguania, Iguanidae, Amphisbaenidae, Family Amphisbaenidae, Family Xantusiidae, Xantusiidae, Family Scincidae, Scincidae, Cordylidae, Family Cordylidae, Family Teiidae, Teiidae, Agamidae, Family Agamidae, Anguidae, Family Anguidae, Family Xenosauridae, Xenosauridae, Anniellidae, Family Anniellidae, Family Lanthanotidae, Lanthanotidae, Family Helodermatidae, Helodermatidae, Family Lacertidae, Lacertidae, Chamaeleonidae, Chamaeleontidae, Family Chamaeleonidae, Family Chamaeleontidae, Family Rhiptoglossa, Rhiptoglossa, Family Varanidae, Varanidae
Derivative terms: Lacertilian, Saurian
Definition of Sauria
1. n. pl. A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.
Medical Definition of Sauria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sauria
Literary usage of Sauria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"... but do not occur east of India, the order Squamata consists of two suborders—the
lizards (sauria) and the snakes (Serpentes). ..."
2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1867)
"THE Order of sauria comprises scaly reptiles whose body is destitute of a shell,
much elongated, and the tail generally long, and whose mouth is large, ..."
3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"THE sauria are reptiles which have a long body without a shell, a long tail, in
most cases four limbs (in*some cases only two, in others none), ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"One caught in Chesapeake Bay had a total length of almost eight feet. Fossil turtles
are found in both continents. SUB-SECTION II. THE ORDER OK sauria, ..."
5. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1869)
"THE Order of sauria comprises scaly reptiles whose body is destitute of a shell,
much elongated, and the tail generally long, and whose mouth is large, ..."
6. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1917)
"... sauria was not known. It has since been discovered that many of the ancient
dinosaurs, especially those of carnivorous habit, were bird-footed and ..."
7. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1831)
"SUPPLEMENT ON THE sauria. Before we proceed to consider in succession the different
genera of saurians, we shall enlarge a little on the text, ..."
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