Sauroidei

plural noun

Sau·​roi·​dei

sȯˈrȯidēˌī

in former classifications

: a group of ganoid fishes having flat rhomboidal scales, reptilelike teeth, and a bony skeleton

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek sauroeidēs like a lizard, from saur- + -oeidēs -oid

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