Sauropsidan.
/sɔːˈrɒpsɪdə/ Zoology.
The second of the three primary groups of Vertebrata in Huxley's classification, comprising reptiles and birds, etc. Also in anglicized form sauˈropsid n.
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1864 T. H. Huxley Lect. Compar. Anat. 220 (note) Mr. Parker agrees with my suggestion..that the basi-temporals of the Sauropsida (or Birds and Reptiles) are the homologues of the lingulæ sphenoidales of Man.
1881 Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 121 340 It is apparently a generalized Sauropsid.
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sauˈropsidan adj. and n. (a) adj. of or pertaining to the Sauropsida; (b) n. a member of the Sauropsida.
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1864 W. K. Parker in Geol. Mag. I. 56 This exaltation of the ‘Sauropsidan’ or oviparous type by the substitution of feathers for scales, wings for paws, warm blood for cold,..—this sudden glorification of the vertebrate form is one of the great wonders of Nature.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 47 In Sauropsidans the number [of cervical vertebræ] is greater.
sauropˈsidian adj. = sauropsidan adj. and n.
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1881 P. M. Duncan in Academy 23 Apr. 303 The head is less sauropsidian and more chelonian.
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