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Webster 1913 Edition


Sauria

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Sau′ri-a

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] a lizard.]
(Zool.)
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.