SAURISCHIAN


Meaning of SAURISCHIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)sȯ-ˈris-kē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Saurischia, ultimately from Greek sauros lizard + New Latin ischium ischium

Date: circa 1889

: any of an order (Saurischia) of herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaurs that have the pubis of the pelvis typically pointed downward and forward and that include the sauropods and theropods — compare ornithischian

• saurischian adjective

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