| sauriasis | Synonym: ichthyosis. Origin: G. Sauros, lizard, + -iasis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sauriderma | Synonym: ichthyosis. Origin: G. Sauros, lizard, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| saurioid | <zoology> Same as Sauroid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sauriosis | Synonym: ichthyosis. Origin: G. Sauros, lizard, + -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| saurobatrachia | <zoology> The Urodela. Origin: NL. See Sauria, and Batrachia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sauroderma | Synonym: ichthyosis. Origin: G. Sauros, lizard, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| saurognathous | <zoology> Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers. (Pici). Origin: Gr. A lizard + the jaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sauroid | <zoology> Like or pertaining to the saurians. Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish. Origin: Gr. A lizard: cf. Gr. Lizardlike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sauroidichnite | <paleontology> The fossil track of a saurian. See: Sauroid, and Ichnite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sauropoda | <paleontology> 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 alied genera. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A lizard + -poda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sauropsida | <zoology> A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A lizard + appearance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sauropterygia | <paleontology> Same as Plesiosauria. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A lizard +, a wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saururae | <paleontology> An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A lizard + a tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| saury | Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. <zoology> A slender marine fish (Scombresox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Synonym: billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sausage | 1. An article of food consisting of meat (especially. Pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal. 2. A saucisson. See Saucisson. Origin: F. Saucisse, LL. Salcitia, salcicia, fr. Salsa. See Sauce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |