Saurus
See also: -saurus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “horse mackerel”).
Proper noun
Saurus m
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Synodontidae – now Synodus; certain lizardfishes, species now assigned to genera Synodus, Trachinocephalus, and Saurida.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Aulopiformes - order; Synodontidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species and currently accepted names see Saurus at World Register of Marine Species .
See also
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Saurus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Saurus at World Register of Marine Species
- Synodontidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Synodus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Synodus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons