Etymology

sauro-

Today it means: lizard, snake Full definition →

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New Latin prefix (derived from Greek), coined for scientific words such as the infraorder name Sauropoda, from Greek sauros, "lizard" + New Latin suffix (derived from Greek) -poda, "foot(ed)"

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