Saurognathous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saurognathous \Sau*rog"na*thous\, a. [Gr. ? a lizard + ? the
     jaw.] (Zool.)
     Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the
     vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers
     ({Pici}).
     [1913 Webster]