saurian

英 ['sɔːrɪən] 美 ['sɔrɪən]
  • adj. 蜥蜴的;蜥蜴类的
  • n. 蜥蜴;蜥蜴类

中文词源


saurian 蜥蜴的,恐龙的

来自希腊语 sauros,蜥蜴。衍生词根-saur,恐龙,来自 dinosaur,恐龙。

英文词源


saurian (n.)
reptile of the order Sauria, 1819, from Modern Latin sauria "the order of reptiles," from Greek sauros "lizard" (see -saurus). Sauropod is 1891, from Modern Latin sauropoda (O.C. Marsh, 1884), second element from Greek pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).

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