archosaur

n. [古生]祖龙,古蜥(一种古爬行动物)

词形变化

archosaurs 复数 archosaurs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A reptile of the taxon Archosauria, which includes modern crocodilians and birds, as well as the extinct pterosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs and other taxa.

    主龙

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

archosaurian

上位词 1

diapsid

下位词 7

dinosaur ichthyosaur nothosaur plesiosaur plesiosaurus pterosaur thecodont

词源

From translingual Archosauria (“taxonomic division of extinct reptiles”), from Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “leader”) + σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”).

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