n. [ Contracted from Gael. salachar filth, nastiness, fr. salach nasty, fr. sal filth, refuse. ] Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any carangoid fish of the genus
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria. --
a. (Zool.) Same as Sauroid. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Sauria, and Batrachia. ] (Zool.) The Urodela. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; a lizard + &unr_; the jaw. ] (Zool.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (
a. [ Gr. &unr_; a lizard + -oid: cf. Gr. &unr_; lizardlike. ] (Zool.)
n. [ See Sauroid, and Ichnite. ] (Paleon.) The fossil track of a saurian. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a lizard + -poda. ] (Paleon.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]