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‖ Sauropsida, n. pl. Zool.|sɔːˈrɒpsɪdə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. σαύρ-α, σαῦρ-ος lizard + ὄψις appearance: see -id.]
The second of the three primary groups of Vertebrata in Huxley's classification, comprising reptiles and birds, etc. Also in anglicized form sauˈropsid. Hence sauˈropsidan a., of or pertaining to the Sauropsida; n., a member of the Sauropsida. sauropˈsidian a. = Sauropsidan.
1864Huxley Elem. Comp. 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. 1864W. 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. 1873Mivart Elem. Anat. 47 In Sauropsidans the number [of cervical vertebræ] is greater. 1881Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Apr. 340 It is apparently a generalized Sauropsid. 1881P. M. Duncan in Academy 23 Apr. 303 The head is less sauropsidian and more chelonian. |