Etymology · Ancient Greek
σαῦρος
6 English words descend from Ancient Greek σαῦρος, most common first.
- ankylosaurusAnkylosaurus magniventris, a large herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous period notable for its heavy armor and clublike tail.
- ichthyosaurAny fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order †Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous period, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise.
- lizard-hippedBelonging to the clade Saurischia, a group of dinosaurs typically characterised by a pelvic structure in which the pubis projects forward, forming a three-pronged arrangement.
- saurelAny carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially Trachurus trachurus, of Europe and America, and Trachurus picturatus of California; the skipjack, scad or horse mackerel.
- saurognathoushaving the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers
- -saurusForms names for real or imaginary dinosaurs.