Saurel
noun
1.
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
noun
1.
a US name for horse mackerel (sense 1)
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adjective 1. belonging or pertaining to the Sauria, a group of reptiles originally including the lizards, crocodiles, and several extinct forms but now technically restricted to the lizards. 2. resembling a lizard. noun 3. a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard. adjective 1. of, relating to, or resembling a lizard 2. of, relating to, […]
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noun 1. any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian. adjective 2. belonging or pertaining to the Saurischia. adjective 1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Saurischia, an order of late Triassic to Cretaceous dinosaurs including the theropods and sauropods noun 2. […]
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- Saury
noun, plural sauries. 1. a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean. 2. any of various related fishes. noun (pl) -ries 1. any teleost fish, such as the Atlantic Scomberesox saurus of the family Scomberesocidae of tropical and temperate seas, having an elongated body and long toothed jaws Also called skipper