Sauria

(saw're-ah,) SAURIANS, OF LIZARDS. (Zool.) An O. of reptiles, whose body is scaly but destitute of a shell, much elongated, and the tail generally long, and whose mouth is large and armed with teeth. With few exceptions they have four feet, which are generally furnished with nails. The ribs are movable, partially connected to the sternum, and are raised and depre ed in respiration. The O. is divided into the families Crocodilidæ, Lacerlinida, Geckotidæ, Scincoidæ, and Chalcidæ. [s. 799]