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Recognizing the bones as coming from a "gigantic saurian," Lakes thoughtfully dispatched some samples to both Marsh and Cope. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
She grew up in a pet-filled house in rural Nova Scotia, and still vividly remembers her feelings about her sister’s iguana, a strange saurian Christmas present. Frame: Dog Art at Metropolitan Museum and Morgan Library 2012-02-09T23:58:21Z
In addition to the T. rexes and other saurian menaces, he faces quicksand, large bugs, falling rocks, malfunctioning equipment and the withering judgment of a 9-year-old girl. ‘65’ Review: What on Earth? 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z
Dieter Bohn did find an “Alligator Bride” in the form of a song by blues-rock band Howlin’ Rain, but I don’t think these folks were the saurian spouses to which Wen was referring. My quest to find the ‘alligator brides’ 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z
Some of its thousand bellowing saurians got used to moseying around the Mission Road neighborhood when floodwaters rose high enough to float them free. Why was there an alligator farm at Lincoln Park? It was one of many odd amusements of L.A.'s past 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z
The filmmakers did this deliberately to avoid any confusion with another saurian antagonist, the Velociraptor. The Real Dilophosaurus Would Have Eaten the Jurassic Park Version for Breakfast 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z
Since all four animals, and dinosaurs, belong to the same group of land vertebrates – the saurians – Chapelle said the development of the dinosaur embryos probably followed a similar path. Scientists digitally reconstruct skulls of dinosaurs in fossilised eggs 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z
But as you’re scurrying away, you may want to take a moment to notice what variety of saurian is following you. Doing the Crocodile Trot 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z
But there's still a great deal to learn about this time in life's history, particularly how saurians of all sorts proliferated into such unprecedented varieties. Paleo Profile: The Shortened Face 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z
Until it was recently overshadowed by the likes of Odontochelys, this fully-shelled saurian was often used as a stand-in for what the earliest turtles were like. By Land or by Sea 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z
But it's worth zooming in a little - looking past the famous saurians - at the other, less-famous organisms of the time. Paleo Profile: The Chimera Spider 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z
And it’s the classic dinosaurs – the species that defined saurian style in the 19th and early 20th centuries – that undergo the most change. Presenting the New Ankylosaurus 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z
The better word hovering around the tip of Gekko's saurian tongue was "consumption". Are we suffering from consumption? 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z
A tiny Triassic saurian from Connecticut and the early evolution of the diapsid feeding apparatus. Paleo Profile: The Shortened Face 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z
It would go under like the great reptiles of the saurian age who attempted to control a huge body by a small, centralized nervous system that could not adapt to rapid change in the environment.” How Companies Can Survive the “Snarkpocalypse” 2013-11-20T13:02:40Z
When The New York Times described the new 'Tyrant saurian', the paper declared it “the most formidable fighting animal of which there is any record whatever”. Palaeontology: The truth about T. rex 2013-10-23T17:20:31Z
I enjoy rubbing scales with aging crocodiles and watching new and old saurians warily eying one another. Cook plays it cool at D11 conference 2013-06-03T09:50:52Z
Many are the tales of horror and of escape related in connection with these saurians. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z
Of the two, Samba and the crocodile, it was the saurian that first recovered his wits. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z
Had her gain been greater than the loss, the ruin, of her simplicity; had she, dragged abruptly from saurian shadows, been made white by an arbitrary papal sun? San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z
Hall . observe that many Mesozoic archosaurs plot outside the extant saurian morphospace, especially along discriminant axis 2, and state that it may be impossible to infer diel activity patterns. [Technical Response] Response to Comment on ?Nocturnality in Dinosaurs Inferred from Scleral Ring and Orbit Morphology? 2011-12-22T19:25:34.843Z
Equally at home on the ground or amongst the topmost branches, nothing can well escape the larger serpents and saurians. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z
We find, moreover, that where these creatures abound there may often be found a small animal—the ichneumon—whose instinct teaches it to seek for and destroy the eggs of the saurian. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z
The saurian was accompanied from the banks of the Nile by various animals peculiar to that fertile region, but these interesting offerings failed to make any impression on the heart of the Infanta. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z
The whole vale of Gloucester is occupied by the next formation, the Lias, a warm sea deposit of clays and clayey limestones, characterized by ammonites, belemnites and gigantic saurians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z
The rivers of Bengal are full of these unpleasant saurians. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z
Feeling rather shamefaced I accepted the weakly struggling ant, gently lowered the small saurian to the ground and opened my fingers. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z
Fossil remains of saurians of gigantic size have been found; one thigh bone measures 6 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z
Dollar precipitated the creature's exit, on the verge of fresh saurian tears, of which there were further signs for his benefit on the mat. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z
And he subsided and returned to the eating of crackers, of which, as everybody knows, the saurians were extremely fond. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z
Both men took to their heels, with the now aroused saurian in pursuit. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z
This began a few thousand years ago, after ages and myriads of ages, after immense varieties of lives and generations, of corals and mollusks, saurians, iguanodons, and dinotheriums. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z
Although the tank was an immense one, these forty saurians did not have as much room as they would have liked. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z
At one side stand the remains of St. Leonard’s Hospital—Norman and early English—sheltering, when I saw it, something far, far more ancient than itself—a huge fossil saurian. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z
Would it not have been as well had the series stopped with the huge saurians of the primeval slime, or the mastodon and mammoth of the pre-historic times, as with the man. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z
One huge brute barred their path, but on Denbigh hurling a heavy stick in its direction, the saurian turned and waddled towards the water. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z
In less than ten seconds’ time the great saurian had the pond to himself; where he continued to bellow, and lash the water in his rage. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
The gunboats, with a vaguely saurian suggestion lay with their noses in the mud. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z
There are saurians in good preservation, one of which was presented to the Museum for 150l., by the nobleman on whose estate it was found embedded in lias. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z
Thus, when the early sauroid fishes diminished, the gigantic and carnivorous marine saurian reptiles were introduced. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z
But the term saurian is no longer in favour, and has faded from science, and is interesting only in ancient history of progress. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z
The bones lay around clean picked—those that contained marrow, broken into fragments and emptied of their contents; even the hideous saurian was a skeleton! Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
In about three seconds the huge saurian came up, pausing as it approached the spot where the two intended victims had ascended out of its reach. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z
Bones are very numerous and in great variety, from the saurian and mastodon to the minutest reptile, ranging in point of time from the remotest ages to the present day. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z
Still more remarkable for peculiarities of structure was the tribe of saurians, which were once so numerous in the northern parts of Europe and America. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z
Most modern naturalists who use the term saurian still make it an equivalent of lizard, or an animal of the lizard kind. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z
The roar of the saurian betokens its pain. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
The sight of the hidden saurian went far to convince him that there was some truth in the stories of which he had hitherto been sceptical. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z
"The saurians are all in the depths, but you can see some of my snails," he went on. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z
The buck was dragged into the river beyond his depth; and although few quadrupeds could swim as well as he, once off his legs he was no longer a match for the amphibious saurian. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z
How many thousand years had it been sweeping across the earth without gilding other heads than those of gigantic saurians, pterodactyls, megalosauruses, and other fearful monsters? Maximina
See! it assumes a form—the form of the great saurian—the hideous alligator! Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
And as if all scores had been now settled with this fellow, the huge saurian, to all appearance dead, passed unheeded out of sight, the current of the Gapo drifting it slowly away. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z
A fossil extinct amphibious animal, resembling the saurian, or lizard and crocodile tribe. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
Many of the Spaniards perished by these grim, strange foes; some were crushed to pulp in the mighty coils of the snakes, and some were crunched between the teeth of the scaly saurians. The Spanish Pioneers
The belief in dragons and the conceptions of their shape were undoubtedly often determined, in Europe as in China, by the discovery of the remains of the gigantic extinct saurians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama"
Nothing very terrible either; for ugly as is the great saurian—certainly the most repulsive form in the animal kingdom—it is least dreaded by those who know it best. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
There was nothing to impede the progress of the saurian, huge as it was, except the trunks of the trees. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z
An animal of the saurian or lizard tribe, species of which are found in both the fossil and recent state. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
Huge and hideous snakes and great saurians are there; and in the hot, damp air lurks a foe deadlier than python or alligator or viper,—the tropic pestilence. The Spanish Pioneers
Heathcote knew as much of ferns as he did of saurians; but no subject was too remote for him when he chose to appear interested. Anne
Well, there might have been, behind each, about twelve feet of ugly, scaly saurian, whose powerful under-water stroke kept them stationary, while watchful, against the descending stream. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion
The huge saurian swam on to the tree,—to the very spot where Richard and the Mundurucú had climbed up, at the forking of the stem. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z
A fossil gigantic amphibious animal of the saurian or lizard and crocodile tribe. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
Some were nebulous, some were saurian, many were horrible, all were impure. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern
In the same huge cage with the eagles were certain crocodiles, or alligators, or whatever name you may choose to call the Floridian saurian by. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888
Often the bones, teeth and scales of fishes are to 112 be found dispersed through the coprolites, and sometimes the bones of small ichthyosauri, which were apparently a prey to the larger marine saurians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright"
The Cerberans, an intelligent saurian race from a globular cluster, exploded into the Galaxy in vast numbers. The Ethical Way
The great saurians sometimes cross a considerable tract in order to pass from one river to another; but their motions by land are generally slower than those of quadrupeds. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
The saurians are represented on land by several species of lizard, some of them conspicuous for their brilliant colouring, and by the large “iguana,” whose flesh is considered a great delicacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher"
By this time the saurian was fairly awake, and began to provide for his immediate future by opening his mouth. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888
"Thank you," the saurian said with uneasy modesty, looking at him. Collector's Item
In temples were saurians on purple carpets, bulls draped with spangled shawls, hawks on shimmering perches, that little gold chains detained. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal
Habitations of reptiles.—Of the great saurians, the gavials which inhabit the Ganges differ from the cayman of America, or the crocodile of the Nile. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
He went back under water and cut out the saurian's gizzard with the heat-ray. The Wealth of Echindul
The final war will be the greatest and the most terrible of all, just as the last of the great saurians was the most gigantic. The Forerunners
"I'm afraid I'm rather exhausted, dear lady," he said, using one arm to mask a yawn, and one to surreptitiously wave away the saurian head that was peering out of the underbrush. Collector's Item
There, in all his scaly magnificence, was a real saurian, nearly eighteen feet long. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.
At the extreme east of the county, Rhaetic and Lias beds make their appearance, the former with a "bone" bed bearing the remains of saurians and fish. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter"
Ordinarily he would have been scared to death to be within miles of the big saurian. The Wealth of Echindul
But he felt, as he thought of that monster shape, as some primordial man might have felt, setting forth with a stone in his hand to wage war on a saurian beast. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930
The other saurian's head appeared again from the bush. Collector's Item
The bullet darted into the nearer eye and ripped through what little brain the saurian possessed. Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America
But, in that room, saurians, with titles as long as your arm, were contriving a cataclysm that was to exceed the deluge. The Paliser case
He watched the saurian and began to smile. The Wealth of Echindul
Instantly one of the saurians had seized him in its jaws, and another had wrenched half the body away, and the whole fighting, squirming mass vanished in the depths. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
And, sure enough, amethyst tears were oozing out of the young saurian's large, liquid eyes. Collector's Item
The Universe knows nothing of the caged saurians in the warden's gardens, nor of the incorrigible prisoners that go to feed them. The Space Rover
Here was the frame of a new boat about which some carpenters were pounding, and from a distance the skeleton of unpainted timber looked like the remains of some prehistoric saurian. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore
He stayed there for two hours, until the bag of stones was well down the saurian's throat. The Wealth of Echindul
He had been standing there some ten minutes, and was giving but scant attention to the saurians. A Nest of Spies
"My people do not believe in excessive specialization," the saurian replied. Collector's Item
He lifted himself into the air and darted toward one of the huge saurians. The Weakling
About a dozen men, with little tables before them, are dispersed over the latter part of the ascent, and keep tempting you with "fossiliferous specimens of the oolite formation," "tertiary," "silurian," "saurian," "stratification," "carboniferous." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845
The fish was well inside the saurian's mouth. The Wealth of Echindul
Of all other animals, this is the favourite prey of the great saurian; and the howl of hound or cur will attract him from any distance where it may be heard. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West
All of them—even the saurians—had aches and pains in every joint and muscle as a result of the unaccustomed exercise and the damp climate. Collector's Item
The fellow would really demoralize the caravan now—even infect the big saurians—cause a stampede. The Weakling
I threw the cartridge from the magazine into the barrel, and raised the gun to my shoulder just as the huge saurian struck the water. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines
He turned his light on the pool where the saurian had been, and shuddered. The Wealth of Echindul
The waves were made by the great saurian, whose hideous body—large almost as the pirogue itself—next moment passed before our eyes, cleaving the water with fish-like velocity. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West
I suppose that the crocodile of Borneo more nearly approaches the giant saurians of prehistoric times than anything alive to-day. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China
I think we are passing through a sort of saurian epoch in this age of steam. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885
From the moment I left the water, but a few seconds had elapsed and the saurian was not two yards from me. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines
He didn't dare let the constrictor have more than three day's head-start, for the saurian would finish digesting the fish in about five days. The Wealth of Echindul
The hero made stone tools, erected a dwelling for himself and his mate, hunted food for her, defended her from the mammoth saurian monsters of the Venerian jungles. The Cosmic Express
Very large saurians may be mounted by either of the methods referred to in the closing sentences of the last two chapters. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.
It was impossible to keep the men long in ignorance of their danger, for as the boat crept into deeper water, their swimming made less noise, and the approaching saurians' progress was easier marked. Gold Out of Celebes
The yellow eyes of the jaguar seemed to flash fire,283 and the black sunken orbs of the saurian glared with a lurid and deadly light. Popular Adventure Tales
Everything here depended on his reaching the saurian two days ahead of Relegar. The Wealth of Echindul
"On our left are the ruins of Arsinoe, which was an ancient port, once called Crocodilopolis; and, by the way, Lake Timsah was once Crocodile Lake, and doubtless the saurians formerly sported in its waters." Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing
A saurian of some sort, with squat legs and long, fanged mouth, had died there. Hunters Out of Space
The greatest alligator of them all, the patriarch of all saurians, had attacked Little. Gold Out of Celebes
He did not settle there, but ran nimbly down the back of the saurian towards its hinder part, and its claws could be heard rattling against its scaly skin. Popular Adventure Tales
Working slowly and carefully and entirely under water, he located the saurian's head, concealed in a clump of floating grass. The Wealth of Echindul
By the time he laid hold of it, however, the saurian was no longer on dry ground. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
A broad-shouldered man, stripped to the waist, was fighting with one of the saurians. Hunters Out of Space
This time it moved freely, and I concluded that the saurian had been resting on the blades of the propeller when it began to turn. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi
By the time he laid hold of it, however, the saurian, was no longer on dry ground. Popular Adventure Tales
These savage saurians are called indiscriminately, though improperly, alligators, crocodiles, and caymans. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
The yellow eyes of the jaguar seemed to flash fire, and the black sunken orbs of the saurian glared with a lurid and deadly light. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
The heavy bullet shattered the top of the saurian’s head. Hunters Out of Space
Hop was English, and Englishmen are apt to call all saurians by this name. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi
When the air became purer, the gills were changed into the imperfect lungs of the amphibious tribes, such as the huge saurians and the frogs. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation'
The superb alligator-pear, more properly called percia gratissima; its first name given probably from its being indigenous to a country abounding in saurian reptiles, otherwise it is difficult to account for its inappropriate designation. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
He did not settle there, but ran nimbly down the back of the saurian towards its hinder part, and his claws could be heard rattling against its scaly skin. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
Owen considered himself a good shot, and he was somewhat mortified at his ill-success in shooting the saurian. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida
I saw the saurian floating motionless down stream, and the screw had evidently made short work of him. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi
The monster saurian, expecting to have a porker for supper, swam on, with jaws open, its wicked eye turned towards me. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting
This giant of its tribe, from the great likeness it bears to the alligator, has appropriately been called after the huge saurian. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
And the great saurian soon understood that it was doomed unless it immediately sought refuge on the land where 148the fish could not follow. The Black Phantom
Those on deck watched the group of saurians; but Louis fired the first shot, and immediately there was a sensation among the reptiles. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
He was a rugged biped with something saurian in his ancestry; for his skin was scaled, and bony plates grew into a low crown upon his long skull. A Transmutation of Muddles
Around the head of each saurian several little birds would flutter and hop, occasionally entering the toothed death-trap without the least apparent fear. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
The term saurian means "lizard," and it has many prefixes to indicate the different genera and species. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
After all these explorations," repeated Godfrey to himself, "there can be no doubt that Phina Island has no dangerous animals, neither wild beasts, snakes, nor saurians! Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery
The last that was seen of the craft, it had a saurian hooked after the Malay mode of fishing for them. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
A brace of truculent beasts of frighteningly saurian mien shuffled ponderously along in the loose harness. A Transmutation of Muddles
On the day of our attempt not a saurian was to be seen. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
The prefixes generally express to a certain extent the characteristic appearance or habits of the different kinds of saurians. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
The great jaws of the reptiles opened, and the carcass was violently dragged hither and thither as the huge saurians tugged fiercely at it. In Search of El Dorado
The saurian leaped nearly out of the water, and came down wrong side up. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
If one tried, it would soon be snapped up by the great saurian, master of this darksome domain. The Death Shot A Story Retold
They proceed to the spot in the Maria Wood, and the one who secures the interesting saurian is allowed to eat all the green fat. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893
Entombed in the rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, many lizard-like animals of gigantic size called saurians were found. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
"Will you be kind enough to explain how those saurians happened to be in that sea in such a docile frame of mind, Tim?" asked Timberlake, with a provoking smile of derision. Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys
As the sampan receded from the saurians, they approached the bait. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
In Zululand and all along the east coast, as well as in the streams of Mashonaland and Matabililand, there is hardly a pool which does not contain some of these formidable saurians. Impressions of South Africa
"Whew; what a whopper!" exclaimed Larry, though whether he meant the age of the saurian, or the story told to the swamp boy, he did not explain. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
The last shot proved an effectual quietus to the saurian, which, after making a few convulsive struggles, rolled over and lay perfectly still. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
At that instant the dark snout of an enormous crocodile rose above the surface—the saurian, to Reginald’s horror, making its way towards the struggling native. The Young Rajah
While the native was talking, the seamen, by order of the captain, had hoisted the head of the saurian into the sampan towing astern, placing it on a piece of tarpaulin. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
The saurian seemed to have fixed its sharp teeth so securely in the tough skin of the elephant that it could not withdraw them. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand
During the day just passed Tony had been giving them more or less interesting facts connected with the ugly saurians that had their usual abode in the cypress swamps. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
The horrible saurian, darting out of the water and grasping her arm, dragged her off before he could go to her rescue. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela
On she went, till she got within a little distance of the saurian, when, making a spring, she seized the creature’s tongue, evidently with the intention of dragging it out. The Young Rajah
"Slow her down, Wales," said Scott, after he had observed the situation of the saurian. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
Leaping from my hammock, I seized a log, and dashed it in the huge saurian’s face. On the Banks of the Amazon
The saurian was lashing the water into foam. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
Surely you had adventures enough, finding pearl-oysters and pearls, eating green cocoanuts off the trees, fishing, and finishing off with an interview with a gigantic saurian and a sail back here.” King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale
Reginald raised his rifle, intending to shoot the saurian, when at that moment there was a rustling in the bush, and a magnificent young tigress walked out on her way to drink at the river. The Young Rajah
The boat had stopped her screw before Louis fired; and the captain directed Wales to lay her alongside the saurian, which was done in a few minutes. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
“A crocodile!” said Mark as he gazed excitedly into the clear water at the plainly defined shape of the little saurian, for it was not above four feet long. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle
"Because in some of these caverns alligators are found, and it is never safe to drink from the running water without first making sure that there are no saurian guards about." The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan
It seems as if the saurian tribe make special use of their tails for offence and defence.” King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale
While she shrieked with pain, the crocodile slowly drew her on towards the river, into which, her instinct told her, should the saurian once dive, her fate would be sealed. The Young Rajah
After the yacht had been moving about an hour, they came to a colony of saurians apparently, for several of them were in sight at once. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
For nearly half an hour the struggles of the great saurian continued, its tail lashing the water into foam, as through its gagged jaws a stream rushed constantly down its throat, causing suffocation. The Castaways
Your word "Victorian" Could bite and sting in ninety one But now—it's deader than the saurian. The New Morning Poems
The saurians have become almost extinct and the mammal-tribe suddenly shows a most extraordinary variability and power of development. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers
"This will handle anything short of an armor-plated saurian." The Colors of Space
The men placed themselves on the rail, and kept a sharp look out for saurians, though it was still too dark to enable them to see very distinctly. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
Even from the carcass of the saurian they might have obtained steaks that, if not very dainty or delicate, would at least have been eatable. The Castaways
But the features were nonhuman, closer to saurian in contour. Storm Over Warlock
Now if the latter also possessed a multiple origin, the problem of the extinction of the saurians would, according to Steinmann solve itself. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers
Is not this babe also a saurian in its little way? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
When the strain upon them was thus removed, the saurians made violent struggles to escape. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
It was a reptile of that most hideous and horrid shape, the saurian; and only the hungriest man could ever have looked upon, with thoughts of eating it. The Castaways
Finally, if the branch of saurians has given rise to the amphibious mammals, it will be most probable that this branch is the source whence all the mammals have taken their origin. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work
Swiftly, silently, a deep current bore them far out on the flooded lands and there scoured a sepulcher safe from saurian teeth, beyond the scope Pancha's curse. The Spinner's Book of Fiction
Does a wider gap separate the saurian from the man, than that which separates the tiny babe from some Bacon or Raleigh? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
He fired, and the saurian still kept on his course. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
As all four first reached the bank—arriving nearly at the same instant of time—there were about twenty yards between the hideous saurian and her who seemed destined to destruction. The Castaways
Only the small, saurian eyes held Blagden with their strange brilliance. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story
Here the saurians of Pancha's curse worried a drowned pig, there they fought over a cow's swollen carcass; yet because of carrion taste or food plethora, they let her by. The Spinner's Book of Fiction
When he saw that the crocodile was sure to win in the race, he fired one shot and the saurian disappeared beneath the surface of the water, shot through the eye. Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box
The great saurian was badly wounded, and in its rage and agony began to lash the water furiously with its huge tail, while blood and foam poured out at its jaws and nostrils. Jack Haydon's Quest
Supporting his knees firmly against the shoulders of the saurian, and bending his thick muscular arms to the extent of their great strength, he was seen to give one grand wrench. The Castaways
The gruesome mask seemed to fascinate him; he could not take his gaze from that weird advancing god; he felt impelled hypnotically to stare at the gleaming eyes set in the saurian head. Brood of the Witch-Queen
The alligators seemed disposed to maintain their position indefinitely, and the neck of land was so narrow that the saurians occupied the entire width of it. The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South
Among living saurians, or reptiles, the small South American iguana Amblyrhynchus may be compared in some respects with the Trachodons notwithstanding the difference in size. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
He thrust his rifle into the stream, pressing the muzzle against the saurian's body. Jack Haydon's Quest
To all appearance, nothing could terrify the gigantic saurian. The Castaways
So the work is carried on, like modern railway tunnelling, from both ends simultaneously, and when head and tail of the saurian meet the first 1,500 acres will be reclaimed. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
Running forward she threw it with such good aim that it struck one of the saurians on the head. The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South
These modern saurians live in great numbers on the shores of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Chile. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
Before Jack could fire the saurian dived, and Jack saw the huge dark form dart at him under water. Jack Haydon's Quest
We began to hope that we should find some of those saurians which science has succeeded in reconstructing from bits of bone or cartilage. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
The apparent plague, however, is really increasing the size of the saurian. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
As the girls passed the place where the alligators had been sunning themselves they gave one look each into the water where the saurians had disappeared. The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South
These birds were enormous creatures, who preyed upon mammoths and mastodons, and even upon the great saurians. In Search of the Unknown
It was clear that the vast saurians had noted the movement on the surface of the river. Jack Haydon's Quest
I recollect once seeing in the great Museum of Hamburg the skeleton of one of these wonderful saurians. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
As the tail of the saurian may be said to stretch into the water high above Islandavanna, so may his head be said to project from that pretty patch of verdure. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
Nevertheless recent writers have described this as the "alligator mound" without suggesting a word of doubt as to its want of positive resemblance to that saurian. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166
It has been conclusively proved that a few saurians have been killed by the ancestors of the kree, but the favorite food of these birds was undoubtedly the thermosaurus. In Search of the Unknown
At the summit, in the very head of our saurian, stands Haworth Parsonage, and the church near by, with the square old tower rising above the houses that cluster about it. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors
It has by some authors truly been called the whale of the saurian race, for it is as big and quick in its motions as our king of the seas. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Down by Loon Lake the great saurians were basking themselves in the hot sun, and the appearance of the boys among them made a slight disturbance along the edges of the water. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
"But I suppose there must be many such as that one, in the wilds of the swamps and bayous," said Alice in a low voice, as she pointed her parasol at a huge saurian. The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida
The roses suffered by the hot journey—but even the least flourishing of them received great admiration—from their size—as the skeletons of saurians make a smaller world stand aghast!!! Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books
Art squeaked as Tom filled his screen, then passed by, swinging his head from side to side with saurian rage. Eastern Standard Tribe
The fish-like saurians and flying pterodactyls of the secondary period have come into existence and gone out of it gracefully again. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
The boys set up a shouting, and threw sticks at the saurians; but the more noise they made, the more alligators assembled around the island. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
Occasionally they saw some of the big saurians themselves, as they slipped into the water from some log, or sand bar, on the approach of the steamer. The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida
The inhospitable saurian dives with embarrassing suddenness and dips the airy visitor into the "rank water." Literary Hearthstones of Dixie
"Paleontologically," the first sentence smote him— "Paleontologically the periods are characterized by absence of the large marine saurians, Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs—" "eh?" gasped Barton. Little Eve Edgarton
The great saurians were thus succeeded by the great mammals, just as the great mammals are themselves in turn being ousted, from the land at least, by the human species. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
Before they were aware of their danger the boys were nearly upon the great saurian. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
True, he had views of the saurians at the alligator farm near St. Augustine, but this was different. The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida
Louis put a bullet into the eye of one, and Mr. Woolridge served the other in the same way; but all of them thought saurians were mean game. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East
I was farther along than that!—Absence of marine saurians? Little Eve Edgarton
Of course, other Jurassic saurians easily beat this simple record. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
Fane rose, stretching his long neck, gazed about through his spectacles, like a benevolent saurian, and finally fixed his mild, protruding eyes upon Orchil. The Younger Set
And once, when they were almost out of the haunts of the saurians, an immense specimen reared itself out of the water and thrust its ugly nose over the bow. The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida
The ladies were interested; and another bird was shot, to enable them to see the operation of the saurians. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East
"Absence of marine saurians," he resumed glibly, "Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs—so abundant in the—in the Cretaceous—of Ammonites and Belemnites," he persisted—heroically. Little Eve Edgarton
I will stake my reputation upon it that he would have cleared the secondary seas of their great saurians in less than a century. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
A fire mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly-fish and a saurian And caves where cave-men dwell. Judith of the Godless Valley
Now and then they would see alligators in the waters up or down which they rowed, but the saurians showed no disposition to molest the boat. The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida
He understood something of the progress of animal life, from the fishes and the saurians. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
The saurian huge and the lizard slow, Foul shapes of ruthless greed, And the stealthy snake of the sudden blow, All owl-like shrink from the Search-Light's glow, Or fly with felon speed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891
The period that separates him from our own day is as nothing compared with the vast and immeasurable interval that separates him from the huge marine saurians of the Jurassic world. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
With banding of the pack for might And filled or starving maw; From floundering saurians welter, Through grin and screech of ape, Struggled the deathless seed of life Up to human shape. Selected Poems
They come almost together—plants being probably actually the first, and mollusca, fishes, and saurians. Creation and Its Records
"But," cried the host, from the top of the table, "I did not invite any saurians." Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
He could show you the huge vertebræ of some extinct saurian, found while draining was being done. Hodge and His Masters
There were as yet no saurians or whales to dispute the dominion with these rapacious cephalopods, and so the cuttle family had things for the time all their own way. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
Where had she seen before this grotesque saurian head, with eye-lids as thick as lips and lips as thick as ear-lobes? The Custom of the Country
There have been individuals with bifid tongues, after the normal type of serpents and saurians, and others who possessed a supernumerary tongue. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
But the saurian itself has been studied and dissected, and its venom has been analyzed. Stories from Everybody's Magazine
We had an easy time getting away—as we learned later, because the saurians do not commence to feed until late in the morning. The Land That Time Forgot
But one must remember that during the heyday of the great saurians, there were as yet no birds and no mammals. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
"Are there many of them hereabouts?" asked Ned, looking back at the swirl left by the saurian. Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold
To lie basking in the sun like saurians, half sleeping, half waking, appeared to satisfy all their wishes. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue
I took heart, however, as I recalled a conversation between Challenger and Summerlee upon the habits of the great saurians. The Lost World
From the great inland lake behind us came the hissing and the screaming of countless saurians. The Land That Time Forgot
Those are the genuine lineal representatives on our modern seas of the secondary saurians. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
The bone of the saurian lay before Simba, who was bragging. The Leopard Woman
You remember those drawings of Leonardo's, where the knight's face and the outline of his helmet combine in one monstrous saurian profile? The Greater Inclination
What more easy than to send Marcus Aurelius to this saurian boarding-house? The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories
The one trait linking him with the actual was the fixity with which his small saurian eye held the pocket that, as I entered, had yielded a lira to the gate-keeper's child. Crucial Instances
After having described, though not always with perfect correctness, several of the characteristics which distinguish crocodiles from caymans, he traces the geographical distribution of those enormous saurians. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
These saurians also combine some peculiarities of structure of a most extraordinary character. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
The apparatus is made of feathers—a new invention, unknown to amphibian or saurian, whence obtained nobody can say—and these are grafted into the transformed frame of the old limbs. Concerning Animals and Other Matters
At all events, they were now covered with a wild tangle of water lilies and aquatic plants; well stocked with magnificent fish, and an occasional scaly monster of a saurian. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter
For it is not a studied knowledge; it resembles that slow geologic uncovering before which not even the deep buried bones of the prehistoric saurian remain finally hidden. Adventures in Contentment
This reminds us that a saurian of a hundred feet should not be confounded with a centipede. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870
The huge saurians appear to have been precisely adapted to the low muddy coasts and sea margins of the time when they flourished.  Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
This is not so much on account of mosquitoes as because of the small saurian reptiles that abound in such places. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870
If we had landed here after the great saurians had been swept from the scene, we might first have considered the lemurs or apes. This Simian World
The remains of this animal show that it must have been the most gigantic of all primeval saurians. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
The human being has the saurian and the plant in his rear. Representative Men
The variegated marl beds which constitute the uppermost group of the formation, present two additional genera of huge saurians, - the phytosaurus and mastodonsaurus. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
May we not say the same of crocodiles when compared with the ancient gigantic saurians? or are the crocodiles, as an order, distinct from the other saurians, and really higher than the turtles? Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
He is a debtor to Cambrian and Silurian times, to the dragons and saurians and mastodons that have roamed over the earth. Time and Change
The dog is, however, the favorite diet of these saurians, and the negroes make use of a crying puppy to allure the creature from the bottom of a shoal bayou within reach of their guns. Four Months in a Sneak-Box
The lowest group is Primitive Man during that period when great reptiles, like the saurian in the foreground, crept over the earth; when man fought with huge serpents and gigantic lions. Palaces and Courts of the Exposition
Crocodiles and turtles existed, and amongst the fishes were some of a saurian character. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
He knew food capacity when he viewed it; there would be some profit from a lodging, but none from a two-shilling meal served to a man who had compared himself with that open-mouthed saurian. When Egypt Went Broke
They glide on as if by gravitation, in fluid figures, dictated by the conformation of the country, like water from a burst reservoir; mostly snake- shaped, but occasionally with batrachian and saurian outlines. The Dynasts
The next moment the gigantic saurian was made to struggle on his back with a bullet in his brain. Four Months in a Sneak-Box
It occurred gleefully to him, too, that the plump French damsel might prove more satisfactory as a repast to a hungry saurian than a skinny little boy with thin legs. The Days Before Yesterday
In the shallow waters of the oolitic formation, the ichthyosaurus, plesiosaurus, and other huge saurian carnivora of the preceding age, plied, in increased numbers, their destructive vocation. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
A true crocodile, also, Crocodilus toliapicus, and another saurian more nearly allied to the gavial, accompany the above fossils; also the relics of several birds and quadrupeds. The Student's Elements of Geology
It has been appropriately called the saurian whale, for it has both the swiftness and the rapid movements of this monster of our own day. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
A huge saurian dragged his mail-clad body out of the water, and settled quietly in his oozy bed. Four Months in a Sneak-Box
Often at the close of the day these saurians love to stretch themselves on the shore, and install themselves comfortably there to pass the night. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
We know of at least six species of the flying saurian, the pterodactyle, in this formation. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
But as impressions of plants are rare in these shales, which contain ammonites, oysters, and other marine shells, with skeletons of fish and saurians, the bitumen may perhaps be of animal origin. The Student's Elements of Geology
The saurians of our day, the alligators and the crocodiles, are but feeble reproductions of their forefathers of primitive ages. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
When within a few yards of the saurian, he threw a double charge of dynamite close up to it, and then turned to fly. Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines
Three large saurians, from fifteen to twenty feet long, had managed to clamber on to the platform of the raft. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
They are sheltered, nurtured, flattered, pampered, and offered a ritual diet of nubile maidens; and woe to the foreigner who lifts a finger against these sacred saurians. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
The reptiles, which are very abundant in this division, consist partly of saurians, referred by Owen and Mantell to eight genera, among which, besides those already enumerated, we find the Megalosaurus and Plesiosaurus. The Student's Elements of Geology
Perhaps we may yet meet with some of those saurians which science has reconstructed out of a bit of bone or cartilage. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
The saurian eyes, hungrily malevolent, rose next to view! The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
He was in dead-water, and the parti-colored, fantastic cranks swam about his boat, as though he were the ancient mariner, and they saurians of the prime. The Education of Henry Adams
Not so fast," he said, stretching out a small saurian hand with pointed nails—"not so fast. Crome Yellow
These Cephalopoda, therefore, must, like the saurians, have been soon buried in sediment; for, if long exposed after death, the membrane containing the ink would have decayed. The Student's Elements of Geology
Tig had shuffled off his parents as saurians, of some sorts, do their skins. The Shape of Fear
Just here they came upon a number of huge bones, evidently the remains of some saurian, and many times the size of a grown crocodile. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future
One such occasion showed very vividly the tenacity of life and the primitive nervous systems of these great saurians. The Land of Footprints
Before entering General's Cut, mistaking a large, half submerged alligator for a log on a mud bank, the canoe nearly touched the saurian before he was roused from his nap to retire into the water. Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a geographical journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5
Hence we may infer that some of the saurians which inhabited the country of the great river continued to live when part of the district had become submerged beneath the sea. The Student's Elements of Geology
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