Home › Words › S › saurysaury/ˈsɔː.ɹi/saury means A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.saury is pronounced /ˈsɔː.ɹi/.EtymologyEggcorn of Japanese 佐伊羅 (saira). By surface analysis, -saur (“dinosaur or other extinct reptile”) + -y (diminutive suffix).nounA marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).