sauria Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
    Lacertilia; suborder Sauria; suborder Lacertilia.

WordNet

Sau"ri*a noun plural
Etymology
NL., from Gr. a liard.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.

Webster 1913