saurian
sau.ri.an \'so.r-e--*n\ n [deriv. of Gck sauros horse mackerel, lizard; akin to Gk psauein to] touch, graze : any of a group (Sauris) of reptiles including the lizards and in older c lassifications the crocodiles and various extinct forms (as the dinosaurs and ichthyosaurs) suggesting lizards - saurian aj