Lacertilian.

Brit.

/ˌlasəˈtɪlɪə/, U.S.

/ˌlæsərˈtɪljə/,

/ˌlæsərˈtɪliə/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Lacertilia.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Lacertilia, group name ( R. Owen Report on Brit. Fossil Reptiles, Pt. II (1842) 144, originally as order name; < Lacerta , genus name (see lacert n.¹) + -ilia (apparently in Reptilia Reptilia n.)).

Zoology.

With plural agreement. The group of reptiles that comprises the lizards, usually regarded as a suborder of the order Squamata along with the snakes; lizards collectively. Cf. Sauria n.The Lacertilia were formerly thought to include also some large extinct forms of reptile.

ΚΠ

1843 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 501 Such, in the natural order Lacertilia, are the teeth of the Leiodon from the chalk of Norfolk.

1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals vi. 290 The clavicular process of the coracoid probably represents the procoracoid of Lacertilia.

1901 Nature 14 Mar. 462/2 The streptostylic types appear first in the Jurassic as Lacertilia.

1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) xviii. 232 In the embryos of Lacertilia, Ophidia, and Monotremes it is usual to find that the foremost two teeth or a single tooth of the upper jaw are precociously formed, enlarged, and directed forwards.

2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 297/2 Lizards make up the Suborder Lacertilia of the large reptilian Order Squamata, which also includes Snakes and Amphisbaenians (Worm lizards).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lacertilia
释义	Lacertilian. Brit. /ˌlasəˈtɪlɪə/, U.S. /ˌlæsərˈtɪljə/, /ˌlæsərˈtɪliə/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Lacertilia. Etymology: < scientific Latin Lacertilia, group name ( R. Owen Report on Brit. Fossil Reptiles, Pt. II (1842) 144, originally as order name; < Lacerta , genus name (see lacert n.¹) + -ilia (apparently in Reptilia Reptilia n.)). Zoology. With plural agreement. The group of reptiles that comprises the lizards, usually regarded as a suborder of the order Squamata along with the snakes; lizards collectively. Cf. Sauria n.The Lacertilia were formerly thought to include also some large extinct forms of reptile. ΚΠ 1843 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 501 Such, in the natural order Lacertilia, are the teeth of the Leiodon from the chalk of Norfolk. 1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals vi. 290 The clavicular process of the coracoid probably represents the procoracoid of Lacertilia. 1901 Nature 14 Mar. 462/2 The streptostylic types appear first in the Jurassic as Lacertilia. 1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) xviii. 232 In the embryos of Lacertilia, Ophidia, and Monotremes it is usual to find that the foremost two teeth or a single tooth of the upper jaw are precociously formed, enlarged, and directed forwards. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 297/2 Lizards make up the Suborder Lacertilia of the large reptilian Order Squamata, which also includes Snakes and Amphisbaenians (Worm lizards). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843
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