释义 |
saurus rare.|ˈsɔːrəs| [quasi-L., ad. Gr. σαῦρος lizard: after ichthyosaurus, etc.] A saurian.
1834T. Hawkins Mem. Ichthyosauri 27 ‘One more trial, my boys, your own reward, if successful—ye-o'—the saurus is safe! 1841T. Parker Pharisees Wks. 1864 IX. 142 The sauri of gigantic size, the mammoth, and the mastodon, are quite extinct. |