SAURISCHIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saurischian mean? 

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

1. herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAURISCHIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

saurischian; saurischian dinosaur

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

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

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

sauropod; sauropod dinosaur (very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal)

bird-footed dinosaur; theropod; theropod dinosaur (any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs)

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

order Saurischia; Saurischia (extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous))