Etymology

sauroid

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Today it means: Resembling or relating to the saurians. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σαύρα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσαύρα“lizard”
  2. English todaysauroid

Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”) + -oid.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσαύρα all →

psittacosauridpsittacosaurus

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