||Sau*ru"ræ (?), 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. Archæopteryx is the type. See Archæopteryx, and
Odontornithes.
||Sau*ru"ræ (?), 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. Archæopteryx is the type. See Archæopteryx, and
Odontornithes.