(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:52:18

Sau*ru"rae (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a lizard + a tail.] Paleon.

An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes.

 

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