sauria
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- true lizards; including chameleons and geckosSynonyms: suborder SauriaLacertiliasuborder LacertiliaType of animal orderMember of Squamata, order SquamataMembers Anniellidae, Xenosauridae, Lanthanotidae, Anguidae, Gekkonidae, Chamaeleontidae, saurian, Pygopodidae +10 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sau′ri·a plural noun
Origin: NL., from Gr. … a lizard.
Zoology A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54