Etymology

saurognathous

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Today it means: having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers Full definition →

Ancient Greek σαῦρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσαῦρος“lizard”
  2. English todaysaurognathous

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + -gnathous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσαῦρος all →

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