SAURISCHIAN


Meaning of SAURISCHIAN in English

/saw ris"kee euhn/ , n.

1. any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Cf. ornithischian .

adj.

2. belonging or pertaining to the Saurischia.

[ 1885-90; Saurischi ( a ) name of the order ( Saur ( ia ) (see -SAUR) + L -ischi ( um ) ISCHIUM + -a -A 1 ) + -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .