Within a few million years, two important amniote lineages became distinct: the synapsids, which would later include the common ancestor of the mammals; and the sauropsids, which now include turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodilians, dinosaurs and birds.
The definition of burly is big, strong and rough. An example of a burly person is a muscular lumberjack. -Â·lier, -Â·liÂ·est. big and strong; heavy and muscular. rough and hearty in manner; bluff.
Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably(adverb) to a moderately sufficient extent or degree. pretty big; pretty bad; jolly decent of him; the shoes are priced reasonably; he is fairly clever with computers. moderately(adverb) with moderation; in a moderate manner.