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.
shaw-dad'. a primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage:--dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), X utterly, (lay) waste.