saurognathous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers

Word forms

saurognathous

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”) + -gnathous.

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