ornithischian

or·nith·is·chi·an

O0124950 (ôr′nə-thĭs′kē-ən)n. Any of various herbivorous dinosaurs of the order Ornithischia, having a pubic bone that points down and backward like that of modern birds, usually a horny beak or bill, and including the hadrosaurs and stegosaurs.

[From New Latin Ornīthischia, order name : ornith(o)- + Greek iskhion, hip joint.]

or′nith·is′chi·an adj.

ornithischian

(ˌɔːnɪˈθɪskɪən) adj (Palaeontology) of, relating to, or belonging to the Ornithischia, an order of dinosaurs that included the ornithopods, stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, and triceratopsn (Palaeontology) any dinosaur of the order Ornithischia; a bird-hipped dinosaur[C20: from ornitho- + Greek ischion hip joint]

or•nith•is•chi•an

(ˌɔr nəˈθɪs ki ən)

n. 1. any herbivorous dinosaur of the order Ornithischia, in which the pelvic structure resembles that of birds. Compare saurischian. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Ornithischia. [1900–05; < New Latin Ornithischi(a) < Greek ischium]

or·nith·is·chi·an

(ôr′nə-thĭs′kē-ən) One of the two main types of dinosaurs. Ornithischians have a pelvis similar to that of modern birds, and include all the plant-eating dinosaurs except the sauropods. They include armor-plated, horned, and duck-billed varieties. Compare saurischian.

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ornithischian - herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a birdornithischian dinosaurdinosaur - any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic eraorder Ornithischia, Ornithischia - extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods)pisanosaur, pisanosaurus - primitive dinosaur found in Argentinastaurikosaur, staurikosaurus - primitive dinosaur found in Brazilarmored dinosaur - dinosaurs having bony armourbone-headed dinosaur - bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crownsceratopsian, horned dinosaur - any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongoliaornithopod, ornithopod dinosaur - bipedal herbivorous dinosaurduck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaur, hadrosaurus - any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic

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noun herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird

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