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SAURISCHIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)

Synonyms:

order Saurischia; Saurischia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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