ORNITHISCHIAN


Meaning of ORNITHISCHIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌȯr-nə-ˈthis-kē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Ornithischia, from ornith- + ischium

Date: 1933

: any of an order (Ornithischia) of herbivorous dinosaurs (as a stegosaurus) that have the pubis of the pelvis rotated backward to a position parallel and close to the ischium — compare saurischian

• ornithischian adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.