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Sauroidei

plural noun
Sau·​roi·​dei | \ sȯˈrȯidēˌī\

Definition of Sauroidei

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

History and Etymology for Sauroidei

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

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