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Webster 1913 Edition

Lepidosauria

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Lepˊi-do-sau′ri-a

(-dō̍-sa̤′rĭ-ȧ)

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

λεπίσ

-ίδος

, a scale +

σαῦροσ

a lizard.]

(Zool.)

A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.