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Definition of Ornithischian
1. Noun. Herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird.
Generic synonyms: Dinosaur
Group relationships: Order Ornithischia, Ornithischia
Specialized synonyms: Pisanosaur, Pisanosaurus, Staurikosaur, Staurikosaurus, Armored Dinosaur, Bone-headed Dinosaur, Ceratopsian, Horned Dinosaur, Ornithopod, Ornithopod Dinosaur, Duck-billed Dinosaur, Hadrosaur, Hadrosaurus
Definition of Ornithischian
1. Noun. Any of a group of dinosaurs, of the order ''Ornithischia'', that have hips characteristic of birds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ornithischian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornithischian
Literary usage of Ornithischian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"The principal points of contrast between birds and the ornithischian dinosaurs
of the more generalized type lie not in the character of the pelvis or of the ..."
2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"... reptiles and to the ornithischian dinosaurs. We know almost nothing of their
Mesozoic evolution, because the upland epicontinental formations of the ..."
3. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1917)
"The small Triassic ancestors of this great group of herbivorous, ornithischian
dinosaurs also gave rise to a number of secondarily quadrupedal, slow-moving ..."
4. Dragons of the Air: An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Harry Govier Seeley (1901)
"... or ornithischian Dinosaurs, there is no ant- orbital vacuity, and the side of
the face in that respect resembles the short-tailed ..."
5. A Late Triassic Footprint Fauna from the Culpeper Basin, Northern Virginia by Robert E. Weems (1987)
"... of the foot of Heterodontosaurus tucki (Luca and others, 1976). Therefore,
this trackmaker is considered to have been a small ornithischian dinosaur. ..."
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