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sauroid

sauroid adjective: resembling or relating to the saurians.

Adjective

sauroid (comparative more sauroid, superlative most sauroid)

  1. Resembling or relating to the saurians.
    • a sauroid fish

Synonyms of sauroid

All synonyms of sauroid

Forms of sauroid

comparativemore sauroid
superlativemost sauroid

Origin of sauroid

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

Questions about sauroid

What does sauroid mean?
Sauroid means resembling or relating to the saurians.
What part of speech is sauroid?
Sauroid is an adjective.

Words near sauroid in the dictionary

  1. sauro-
  2. saurochory
  3. Sauroctonos
  4. saurognathism
  5. saurognathous
  6. sauroid
  7. saurology
  8. saurolophid
  9. saurolophids
  10. saurolophine
  11. saurolophines

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