单词 | saurischian |
释义 | saurischianadj.n. A. adj. Relating or pertaining to the Saurischia, a sub-order or order of dinosaurian reptiles with the inferior pelvic elements directed downwards. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > relating to Saurischia saurischian1887 lizard-hipped1922 1887 Seeley in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 44 86 This..is an intelligible modification of the Saurischian type. 1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. ix. 184 (caption) The manus in saurischian dinosaurs. 1970 Nature 11 Apr. 109/1 It was carnivorous and is thus classified in the Theropoda within the saurischian dinosaurs. B. n. A member of the Saurischia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Saurischia > member of saurischian1933 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. ix. 181 We shall here use a conservative classification which divides the saurischians into two suborders. 1973 J. Updike Museums & Women 197 The two saurischians entered his party with the languid confidence of the specially cherished. 1977 Radio Times 17 Dec. 45 One of the liveliest of these disputes concerns the two great groups of dinosaurs, the saurischians (with hip-bones like those of lizards) and the ornithischians. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1887 |
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