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The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus.

tes, including the birds and reptiles, or those that have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.

other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcæ, Odontotormæ, and Saururæ.

An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.

An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.

Same as Saururæ.

Same as Lepidosauria.

Same as Sauropsida.

An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.

Same as Pterosauria.

Same as Mosasauria.

A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species.

bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.

The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

The saury. [Prov. Eng.]

, thick tail. Stump-tailed lizard (Zoöl.), a singular Australian scincoid lizard (Trachydosaurus rugosus) having a short, thick tail resembling its head in form; -- called also sleeping lizard.

A large oceanic fish (Elops saurus) found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.

A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebræ and the teeth implanted in sockets.

An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the repacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.

Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."