His hands were so scaly they seemed almost saurian. From LearnThat.org.
The term saurian means "lizard," and it has many prefixes to indicate the different genera and species. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
You don't know just how perfect the word saurian is :-)) You can totally smell it. From Wordnik.com. [Eau de...? Prize Draw] Reference
It has been appropriately called the saurian whale, for it has both the swiftness and the rapid movements of this monster of our own day. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Interior of the Earth] Reference
He blinks, but the saurian eye never closes for long. From Wordnik.com. [Nina Burleigh: Ambien Nation] Reference
It's the only saurian walking upright most of the time. From Wordnik.com. [The Venus Trap]
The human being has the saurian and the plant in his rear. From Wordnik.com. [Representative Men] Reference
But the features were nonhuman, closer to saurian in contour. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
"This will handle anything short of an armor-plated saurian.". From Wordnik.com. [The Colors of Space] Reference
The Zenobians were swamp dwellers, evolved from quasi-saurian stock. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
"Thank you, Captain," said Korg, flashing his saurian grin once more. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
The mid-cretaceous “saurian sauna” – no ice at sea level at poles. From Wordnik.com. [2009 December | Serendipity] Reference
"Silence," Amanar said, and the saurian creature's words ceased at once. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
Also, as a child of a certain saurian doctor, I appreciate being special. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
The apparent plague, however, is really increasing the size of the saurian. From Wordnik.com. [Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.] Reference
I think we are passing through a sort of saurian epoch in this age of steam. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Beside the queue was sprawled the big, ungainly saurian form of a Venerian "dragon.". From Wordnik.com. [Between Planets]
Congress, newspapers and people were concerned, as any saurian dead before the Flood. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
Everyone agrees that Nessie is a large, saurian aquatic animal with a long slender neck. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends: Harvard] Reference
Those waiting for me to hand down some masterful stroke of saurian wisdom are out of luck. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
Monkey boys rare accident, and interstellar saurian diplomacy definitely requires sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Analog 925 - Stanley Schmidt] Reference
Monkey boys a rare accident, and interstellar saurian diplomacy definitely requires sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Kukulcan - Sarah K. Castle] Reference
"Are there many of them hereabouts?" asked Ned, looking back at the swirl left by the saurian. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold] Reference
The highest form of life on Argus V was an arboreal saurian with sloe eyes and an accusative yip. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
He was not without a sense of humor, at least what passed for such among the dour, saurian Hunzza. From Wordnik.com. [In Alien Hands]
The former were as humanoid as a saurian species can appear, complete with gills and scaled armor. From Wordnik.com. [Restoree]
Fast forward to the mid-cretaceous “saurian sauna”, when there was no ice at sea level at poles. From Wordnik.com. [2009 December | Serendipity] Reference
I had such a wonderful time imagining you applying an ice cold stethoscope as only a ectothermic saurian can. From Wordnik.com. [Anonymity and Virginity] Reference
A flagrant imitation of Ursula Le Guin's fondly remembered proto-Thog line "Back to the saurian ooze from whence it sprung!". From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again] Reference
Little known to science, the Loch Ness Monster is not, in fact, a plesiosaur or a brontosaurus or any other saurian silliness. From Wordnik.com. [Dodos by Ursula Vernon] Reference
They walked back from the door, whence they had escorted the delegation, and stood looking down at the saurian heads on the rug. From Wordnik.com. [Uller Uprising]
Another Ertoi was shielding my face from the brilliant sunset, his saurian face kind and compassionate as he bathed my face and hands. From Wordnik.com. [Restoree]
There was much ado about the expense and length of the recording process, and the by-now-expected accusations of saurian obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. [ɘloЯ] Reference
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