• (a.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici).
Sau·rog'na·thous adjective [ Greek ... a lizard + ... the jaw.] (Zoology) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers ( Pici ).