saurischian
Meaning of saurischian
adjective
relating to or denoting dinosaurs of an order distinguished by having a pelvic structure resembling that of lizards.
noun
a saurischian dinosaur.
late 19th century: from the modern Latin plural Saurischia (from Greek sauros ‘lizard’ + iskhion ‘hip joint’) + -an.
Information about saurischian
- The plural form of saurischian is: saurischians.
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Hyphenation of saurischian
saurischian
- It consists of 1 syllables and 11 chars.
- saurischian is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Words that rhyme with saurischian
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