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SAURISCHIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Saurischia mean?
• SAURISCHIA (noun)
The noun SAURISCHIA has 1 sense:
1. extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)
Familiarity information: SAURISCHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
order Saurischia; Saurischia
Hypernyms ("Saurischia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Saurischia"):
saurischian; saurischian dinosaur (herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile)
Sauropodomorpha; suborder Sauropodomorpha (gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs))
Holonyms ("Saurischia" is a member of...):
Archosauria; subclass Archosauria (a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts)
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