Definition of "saurian" [sau•ri•an]

• Any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria, which includes the lizards and in former classifications also the crocodiles and dinosaurs. (noun)
• Of or relating to the Sauria. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The term saurian means "lizard," and it has many prefixes to indicate the different genera and species."
• "You don't know just how perfect the word saurian is :-)) You can totally smell it."
• "It has been appropriately called the saurian whale, for it has both the swiftness and the rapid movements of this monster of our own day."