Saururae

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

  Saururae \Sau*ru"rae\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a lizard + ? a
     tail.] (Paleon.)
     An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with
     quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See
     {Archaeopteryx}, and {Odontornithes}.
     [1913 Webster]