sauro

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 (Pici). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a lizard + -oid: cf. Gr. &unr_; lizardlike. ] (Zool.) (a) Like or pertaining to the saurians. (b) Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a lizard + &unr_; appearance. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds. [ 1913 Webster ]