ARCHOSAURIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does archosaurian mean? 

• ARCHOSAURIAN (noun)
  The noun ARCHOSAURIAN has 1 sense:

1. extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts

  Familiarity information: ARCHOSAURIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ARCHOSAURIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ARCHOSAURIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria

  Familiarity information: ARCHOSAURIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCHOSAURIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

archosaur; archosaurian; archosaurian reptile

Hypernyms ("archosaurian" is a kind of...):

diapsid; diapsid reptile (reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "archosaurian"):

dinosaur (any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era)

flying reptile; pterosaur (an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb)

thecodont; thecodont reptile (presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds)

ichthyosaur (any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs)

plesiosaur; plesiosaurus (extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous)

nothosaur (extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming)

Holonyms ("archosaurian" is a member of...):

Archosauria; subclass Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

Derivation:

archosaurian (of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria)

• ARCHOSAURIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)

Derivation:

archosaur; archosaurian (extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)